§ 27-101-304 - Filing of application -- Issuance of certificate.
27-101-304. Filing of application -- Issuance of certificate.
(a) The owner of each motorboat for which numbering is required by this state shall file an application for a number within thirty (30) calendar days after the date of purchase with the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration on forms approved by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
(b) The application shall be signed by the owner of the motorboat and shall be accompanied by a fee as provided in 27-101-306 and by proof that the motorboat, if it is equipped with more than fifty horsepower (50 HP), or personal watercraft is covered by a liability insurance policy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state.
(c) Upon receipt of the application in approved form, accompanied by proof that the motorboat has been duly assessed or listed for assessment and, if it is equipped with more than fifty horsepower (50 HP) or is personal watercraft, is covered by a liability insurance policy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state, the director of the department shall enter the application upon the records of his office and issue to the applicant a certificate of number stating the number awarded to the motorboat and the name and address of the owner.
(d) (1) The certificate of number shall be issued in triplicate, with the original copy to be furnished the owner of the motorboat.
(2) The duplicate shall be retained as a record by the director.
(3) The triplicate copy shall be furnished to the commission to be retained for a period of five (5) years.
(e) (1) The certificate of number shall be pocket-sized and shall be available at all times for inspection on the motorboat for which it is issued whenever the motorboat is in operation.
(2) (A) If a certificate of number is lost, mutilated, or becomes illegible, the owner of the motorboat for which the certificate was issued shall immediately apply for, and may obtain, a duplicate or a replacement certificate upon the applicant's furnishing information satisfactory to the Department of Finance and Administration.
(B) The application for a duplicate or replacement certificate to replace the original certificate of number shall be accompanied by a fee of one dollar ($1.00).
(f) In the event that an agency of the United States Government shall have in force in the United States an overall system of identification numbering for boats covered by this chapter, then the numbering system required by this subchapter and the commission shall be in conformity therewith.