{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-41-13-101","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 41-13-101","heading":"Definitions; classification of motorboats.","body":"(a) As used in this act:\n(i) \"Commission\" means the Wyoming game and fish commission;\n(ii) \"Department\" means the Wyoming game and fish department;\n(iii) \"Motorboat\" means any watercraft propelled in any respect by propulsion machinery powered by an energy source other than human effort;\n(iv) \"Operate\" means to navigate or otherwise use a watercraft;\n(v) \"Owner\" means a person having the property in or title to a motorboat excluding a lienholder or a lessee under a lease not intended as security;\n(vi) \"Safety equipment\" includes personal flotation devices, towing and bailing devices, paddles, fire extinguishers and navigation lights, backfire flame arresters, whistles or other sound producing devices and ventilation systems;\n(vii) \"Watercraft\" means any contrivance used or designed primarily for navigation on water;\n(viii) \"Waters of this state\" means any waters within the jurisdiction of Wyoming;\n(ix) \"This act\" means W.S. 41-13-101 through 41-13-220.\n(b) Motorboats subject to the provisions of this act shall be divided into four (4) classes as follows:\n(i) Class A. Less than sixteen (16) feet in length;\n(ii) Class B. Sixteen (16) feet or over and less than twenty-six (26) feet in length;\n(iii) Class C. Twenty-six (26) feet or over and less than forty (40) feet in length;\n(iv) Class D. Forty (40) feet or over.","path":["TITLE 41 - WATER","CHAPTER 13 - WATERCRAFT","ARTICLE 1 - REGISTRATION; ACCIDENTS"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title41.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"a43758f81eb1b533db0efd21dd6e736c78f8dc3f6af458acb8006e2bf0056a0f","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-41-12-801","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-41-13-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}