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VESSELS (BOATS)

See also DOCKS, PIERS, AND WHARVES; MARINE INSURANCE; MASTERS OF VESSELS; NAVIGABLE WATERS; SHIPPING; TRANSPORTATION

Anchors, Minn. Rules 5225.6500

Approved life preservers, Minn. Rules 5225.6500

Ballast water management, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.1703, 2022 115.1705

Batteries, covering required, Minn. Rules 5225.6500

Boilers, Minn. Statutes 2022 326B.958

Bridges over navigable waters, see under BRIDGES (STRUCTURES)

Building and repairing, emission standards, Minn. Rules 7011.7370

Canals, see CANALS

Capacity for passengers, Minn. Rules 5225.7200

Cigarette and tobacco products taxes, oceangoing vessels, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 297F.06

Coast Guard (U.S.) vessels, safety inspections, exemption, Minn. Rules 5225.6140

Collisions, avoidance, lights, Minn. Rules 5225.6200

Commercial vessels, defined, Minn. Rules 8895.0100

Commercial vessels

Ballast water management plan, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.1703, 2022 115.1705

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 457A.01

Port development assistance program, Minn. Statutes 2022 457A.01 to 2022 457A.06

Vessels used in interstate or foreign commerce, sales and use taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.68

Confiscation of property, lawsuits against boats or vessels, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.02

Crews, covered employment, defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 268.035

Damages, reports, Minn. Rules 5225.6700

Definitions, navigation, inland waters, Minn. Rules 5225.6100

Definitions

Cigarette and tobacco products taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 297F.01

Common carriers, Minn. Statutes 2022 218.011

Oil and hazardous substance discharge preparedness, Minn. Statutes 2022 115E.01

Personal property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.03

Pesticide control, Minn. Statutes 2022 18B.01

Port development assistance, Minn. Statutes 2022 457A.01

Unemployment Insurance Law, Minn. Statutes 2022 268.035

Watercraft, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2022 86B.820

Design changes, notice to department, Minn. Rules 5225.6940

Disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2022 256C.02

Employees, arrests for swindling, authority to make, Minn. Statutes 2022 629.364

Engine mufflers, Minn. Rules 5225.6900

Equipment, Minn. Rules 5225.6500

Explosives and blasting agents, storage, Minn. Rules 7500.2200 to 7500.2400

Fire extinguishers, Minn. Rules 5225.6500

First aid handbook, Minn. Rules 5225.6500

First aid kit, Minn. Rules 5225.6500

Fishing, see COMMERCIAL FISHING

Flashlights, Minn. Rules 5225.6200

Foreign vessels, defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.1701

Hazardous materials transporters, see HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTERS

Hazardous waste transporters, see HAZARDOUS WASTE TRANSPORTERS

Income and franchise taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 290.02, 2022 290.191

Incorporation by reference, Minn. Rules 5225.6050

Inspections

Boilers, fees, Minn. Statutes 2022 326B.04, 2022 326B.986

Food, opening of, Minn. Statutes 2022 31.08

Refusal to submit, Minn. Statutes 2022 97A.251

Inspections

Annual inspection, Minn. Rules 5225.6140

Failure to inspect, penalty, Minn. Rules 5225.8700

Operating permits, Minn. Rules 5225.6975, 5225.6980

Optional inspections, Minn. Rules 5225.6140

Standards, Minn. Rules 5225.6140

Insurance, authority to issue, generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 60A.06

Interstate commerce, commercial vessels, sales and use taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.68

Ladders, occupational safety and health, see Ships ladders under OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Lanterns, Minn. Rules 5225.6200

Lawsuits against boats or vessels

Affidavits, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.05

Answers, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.02, 2022 579.03, 2022 579.06

Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.07

Bonds, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.03

Complaints, filing, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.02

Confiscation of property, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.02

Continuances, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.02

Custody of boat, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.02, 2022 579.03, 2022 579.05

Defendant's bond, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.03

Defenses, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.06

Execution sales, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.04

Judgments, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.04, 2022 579.05

Liability of boat or vessel for claims, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.01

Pleadings, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.06

Seizure of boat of vessel, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.02

Statutes of limitations, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.08

Summons to master or owner, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.05, 2022 579.06

Trial, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.06

Licenses, pilots, see Pilots under this topic

Licenses

Alcoholic beverages, Minn. Statutes 2022 340A.404, 2022 340A.408

Pilots, Minn. Statutes 2022 326B.992

Liens on, claims constituting liens, Minn. Statutes 2022 579.01

Life preservers, Minn. Rules 5225.6500

Lifeboats, watercraft titling, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 86B.820

Lights and lighting, Minn. Rules 5225.6200

Lubricants, vessels used in interstate or foreign commerce, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.68

Manifests, false statements, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.645

Marinas, see MARINAS

Marine tank vessel loading operations, emission standards, Minn. Rules 7011.7260

Marine toilet on-land disposal facilities, Minn. Rules 4717.4000 to 4717.4500

Mufflers, engine mufflers, Minn. Rules 5225.6900

Navigation rules, Minn. Rules 5225.6350

Nuclear reactors, see Special nuclear material (domestic licenses) under RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS

Oars, Minn. Rules 5225.6500

Oceangoing vessels, tax-free cigarette sales, Minn. Statutes 2022 297F.06

Officers, covered employment, defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 268.035

Opening of, food inspection, Minn. Statutes 2022 31.08

Parts and materials, vessels used in interstate or foreign commerce, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.68

Passenger boats

Boilers, inspections, Minn. Statutes 2022 326B.98, 2022 326B.986

Performance bonds, Minn. Statutes 2022 326B.0921

Registration, Minn. Statutes 2022 326B.98

Regulation, Minn. Statutes 2022 326B.986

Passenger capacity, Minn. Rules 5225.7200

Passenger vessels

Boat hull inspections, generally, Minn. Rules 5225.6140

Operating permits, Minn. Rules 5225.6975, 5225.6980

Owners, Minn. Rules 5225.6140, 5225.6975

Safety inspections, annual, Minn. Rules 5225.6140

Violations and penalties

Fees, failure to pay, Minn. Rules 5225.8600

Gross misdemeanors, Minn. Rules 5225.6980

Misdemeanors, Minn. Rules 5225.6975

Passengers, number, Minn. Statutes 2022 326B.94

Permits, Minn. Statutes 2022 326B.94

Pest control, Minn. Statutes 2022 18B.01

Pilots, licenses, Minn. Statutes 2022 326B.992

Pilots

Display of license, Minn. Rules 5225.6170

Examinations, Minn. Rules 5225.6150

Experience requirements, Minn. Rules 5225.6150

Licenses

Application procedures, Minn. Rules 5225.6150

Display of license, Minn. Rules 5225.6170

Expiration, Minn. Rules 5225.6160

Renewal, Minn. Rules 5225.6160

Requirements, generally, Minn. Rules 5225.6145, 5225.6150

Revocation, Minn. Rules 5225.6145

Waiver of requirements, Minn. Rules 5225.6150

Poles, Minn. Rules 5225.6500

Port development assistance program, Minn. Rules 8895.0100 to 8895.1100

Radioactive materials, transportation, see Transportation under RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS

Record keeping, ballast water management, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.1705

Registration, certificates and certifications, verification, Minn. Statutes 2022 326B.98

Repairs, emission standards, Minn. Rules 7011.7360

Reports, damage, Minn. Rules 5225.6700

Rowboats, towing, Minn. Rules 5225.6350

Scope of rules, Minn. Rules 5225.6000

Sewage discharges from

Marine toilet on-land disposal facilities, Minn. Rules 4717.4000 to 4717.4500

NPDES permits, exemption, Minn. Rules 7001.1030

Shipbuilding, emission standards, Minn. Rules 7011.7360

Shipyards, occupational safety and health standards, Minn. Rules 5205.0010

Spills, leaks, and releases, preparing for, see Discharge preparedness under SPILLS, LEAKS, AND RELEASES

Stability test, design changes, Minn. Rules 5225.6940

Tonnage, gross registered tonnage greater than 3,000 tons, sales and use taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.68

Tour boats, liquor licenses, Minn. Statutes 2022 340A.404, 2022 340A.408

Violations and penalties

Improper hazarding, Minnesota Code of Military Justice, punitive articles, Minn. Statutes 2022 192A.55

Manifests, false statements, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.645

Workplace accident and injury reduction, employers, duties, Minn. Rules 5208.1500