Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 31.021 · Subchapter B. IDENTIFICATION OF VESSELS; REQUIRED NUMBERING
REQUIRED NUMBERING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each vessel on the water of this state shall be numbered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter unless specifically exempted. The numbering system shall be in accord with the Federal Boating Act of 1958 and subsequent federal legislation.
(b) No person may operate or give permission for the operation of any vessel or may dock, moor, or store a vessel owned by the person on the water of this state unless:
(1) the vessel is numbered as required by this chapter;
(2) the certificate of number awarded to the vessel is in full force and effect; and
(3) the identifying number set forth in the certificate is properly displayed on the vessel as required by this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1363, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 200, Sec. 8(c), eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1133, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1388 (H.B. 115), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.31.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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