{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-306.220","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 306.220","heading":"Personal flotation device, who must wear, when, exception, penalty.","body":"Each person under the age of seven who is on board any watercraft which is on the waters of this state shall wear a personal flotation device which is approved by the United States Coast Guard. Any person who allows a person under the age of seven to be on board any watercraft which is on the waters of this state without wearing a personal flotation device shall be deemed guilty of a class C misdemeanor. This section does not apply when the person under the age of seven is in a part of a watercraft which is fully enclosed, where such enclosure will prevent such person from falling out of or being thrown from the watercraft.","path":["Title XIX - MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION","Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=306.220","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:27Z","sha256":"0539810d62fc48b94b88b6de209b24540c20bccb77ae9fff29841ce2c0c69fe5","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-306.217","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-306.221"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}