<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><section number="73-18-9"><effdate>7/1/2021</effdate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2021GS">280</modchap>, 2021 General Session</history><modyear>2021</modyear></histories><catchline>Exemptions from registration.</catchline><tab/>Registration under this chapter is not required for any of the following:<subsection number="73-18-9(1)">
a motorboat or sailboat that:
<subsection number="73-18-9(1)(a)">
is already covered by a valid registration issued by its nonresident owner's resident state; and</subsection><subsection number="73-18-9(1)(b)">
has not been within this state in excess of 60 days for the calendar year;</subsection></subsection><subsection number="73-18-9(2)">
a motorboat or sailboat from a country other than the United States temporarily using the waters of this state;</subsection><subsection number="73-18-9(3)">
a motorboat or sailboat whose owner is the United States, a state or subdivision thereof;</subsection><subsection number="73-18-9(4)">
a ship's lifeboat; or</subsection><subsection number="73-18-9(5)">
a motorboat or sailboat belonging to a class of vessels which is exempted from registration by the division after the division finds:
<subsection number="73-18-9(5)(a)">
that the registration of motorboats or sailboats of this class will not materially aid in their identification; and</subsection><subsection number="73-18-9(5)(b)">
that the United States Coast Guard has a numbering system applicable to the class of motorboats or sailboats to which the motorboat or sailboat in question belongs, and the motorboat or sailboat would also be exempt from numbering if it were subject to federal law.</subsection></subsection></section>
