Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 22 - MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
Part 16 - BOAT AND WATER SAFETY ON MARINE WATERS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Chapter 04 - RECKLESS AND NEGLIGENT OPERATION
Rule 22-16-4.1
Current through September 24, 2024
A person may not operate a vessel on the marine waters of the State of Mississippi in a reckless or negligent manner. Reckless and negligent operation of a vessel shall include, but is not limited to the following examples:
A. Operating at an excessive speed within one hundred (100) feet of another occupied
vessel except in a crossing or overtaking situation as described in the Federal Rules of the Road.
B. Jumping, or attempting to jump the wake of another vessel, within one hundred (100) feet of the vessel.
C. Following within one hundred (100) feet of a water skier.
D. Weaving through congested vessel traffic.
E. Speeding in restricted or no wake areas.
F. Operating a vessel or personal watercraft in a manner that endangers the life, limb, or property of any person, including the operator.
G. Bow riding or allowing a person to ride any place on the vessel where there is a potential risk of injury. This includes, but is not limited to, riding on exposed bow decks, riding on swim platforms, riding on gunwhales, or riding any place on the vessel which was not designed as a normal passenger seat.
H. Towing a person/persons on water skis, aquaplane or a similar device during the hours between legal sunset and legal sunrise.
I. Operating the vessel with operator visibility obscured due to passenger positioning.
MISS. CODE ANN. §§ 59-21-83, 59-21-87, 59-21-117, 59-21-119, 59-21-121, 59-21-127 and 59-21-151.
