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Natural Resource Commission [571] | Agency ListingChapter 37 VESSEL SAFETY AND REGISTRATION | Chapter Listing (Official Version - PDF format)
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| 571.37.1 Purpose. |  |
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| 571.37.2 Definitions. | |
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| 571.37.3 Fire extinguishers. | |
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| 571.37.4 Flame arrestors. | |
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| 571.37.5 Lights on vessels. | |
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| 571.37.6 Buoyant safety equipment. | |
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| 571.37.7 Motorboat noise. | |
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| 571.37.8 Boat registration emblem placement. | |
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| 571.37.9 Procedure for application for boat registration number—content. | |
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| 571.37.10 Vessels in storage. | |
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| 571.37.11 Numbering pattern to be used. | |
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| 571.37.12 Display of number on vessel. | |
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| 571.37.13 Special certificates for boat dealers or manufacturers. | |
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| 571.37.14 Boat dealer’s annual report of vessels with expired registrations. | |
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| 571.37.15 Monthly reports by county recorders. | |
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| 571.37.16 Boats for hire. | |
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| 571.37.17 U.S. Coast Guard capacity rating. | |
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| 571.37.18 Vessels assigned a capacity rating by the manufacturer. | |
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| 571.37.19 Vessels not containing capacity rating information. | |
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| 571.37.20 Incorrect registration. | |
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| 571.37.21 Number designating passenger capacity. | |
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| 571.37.22 Inland navigation rules. | |
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| 571.37.23 Uniform buoy system. | |
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| 571.37.24 Commission approval. | |
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| 571.37.25 Restricted areas. | |
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| 571.37.26 Right for aggrieved party to appeal. | |
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| 571.37.27 Mooring of vessels on riparian property of the state of Iowa. | |
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| 571.37.28 Horsepower limitations on artificial lakes. | |
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| 571.37.29 Horsepower rating. | |
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| 571.37.30 Propulsion mechanism not in use. | |
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| 571.37.31 Avenue of the Saints Lake, Bremer County. | |
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| 571.37.32 Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park, Warren County. | |
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| 571.37.33 Beaver Lake, Dallas County. | |
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| 571.37.34 Beaver Creek Safety Zone, Polk County. | |
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| 571.37.35 Beeds Lake, Franklin County. | |
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| 571.37.36 Black Hawk Lake, Sac County. | |
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| 571.37.37 Black Hawk Pits, Sac County. | |
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| 571.37.38 Brown’s Lake, Woodbury County. | |
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| 571.37.39 Carter Lake, Pottawattamie County. | |
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| 571.37.40 Cedar River and connected backwaters. | |
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| 571.37.41 Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County. | |
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| 571.37.42 Coralville Lake, Johnson County. | |
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| 571.37.43 Crawford Creek Recreation Area Lake, Ida County. | |
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| 571.37.44 Crystal Lake, Hancock County. | |
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| 571.37.45 Deer Creek Lake, Plymouth County. | |
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| 571.37.46 Des Moines River. | |
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| 571.37.47 Dickinson County lakes. | |
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| 571.37.48 Five Island Lake, Palo Alto County. | |
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| 571.37.49 Fogle Lake, Ringgold County. | |
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| 571.37.50 George Wyth Lake, Black Hawk County. | |
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| 571.37.51 Green Valley Lake, Union County. | |
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| 571.37.52 Iowa River. | |
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| 571.37.53 Ingham Lake, Emmet County. | |
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| 571.37.54 Lake Cornelia, Wright County. | |
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| 571.37.55 Lake Icaria, Adams County. | |
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| 571.37.56 Lake Iowa, Iowa County. | |
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| 571.37.57 Lake Macbride, Johnson County. | |
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| 571.37.58 Lake Manawa, Pottawattamie County. | |
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| 571.37.59 Lake Odessa, Louisa County. | |
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| 571.37.60 Lake of Three Fires, Taylor County. | |
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| 571.37.61 Lake Panorama (Raccoon River), Guthrie County. | |
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| 571.37.62 Little Wall Lake. | |
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| 571.37.63 Little River Lake, Decatur County. | |
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| 571.37.64 Loch Ayr, Ringgold County. | |
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| 571.37.65 Lost Island Lake, Palo Alto and Clay Counties. | |
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| 571.37.66 Maquoketa River (Lake Delhi), Delaware County. | |
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| 571.37.67 Meadow Lake, Adair County. | |
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| 571.37.68 Mississippi River lock and dam safety zone. | |
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| 571.37.69 Mississippi River, Lansing, Allamakee County. | |
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| 571.37.70 Harpers Slough, Harpers Ferry, Allamakee County. | |
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| 571.37.71 Mississippi River, Clayton, Clayton County. | |
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| 571.37.72 Mississippi River, Guttenberg river mile 616, Clayton County. | |
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| 571.37.73 Mississippi River, Johnson Slough, Clayton County. | |
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| 571.37.74 Mississippi River, Marquette, Clayton County. | |
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| 571.37.75 Mississippi River, McGregor, Clayton County. | |
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| 571.37.76 Mississippi River, Joyce Slough Area, Clinton County. | |
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| 571.37.77 Mississippi River, Swan Slough, Camanche, Clinton County. | |
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| 571.37.78 Mississippi River, Des Moines County, city of Burlington. | |
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| 571.37.79 Mississippi River, Dubuque, Dubuque County. | |
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| 571.37.80 Mississippi River, Massey Slough, Dubuque County. | |
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| 571.37.81 Catfish Creek, Mines of Spain State Recreation Area, Dubuque County. | |
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| 571.37.82 Mississippi River, Mud Lake, Dubuque County. | |
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| 571.37.83 Mississippi River, Bellevue, Jackson County. | |
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| 571.37.84 Green Island, Jackson County. | |
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| 571.37.85 Mississippi River, City of Sabula, Jackson County. | |
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| 571.37.86 Mississippi River, Spruce Creek County Park, Jackson County. | |
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| 571.37.87 Otter Creek Lake, Tama County. | |
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| 571.37.88 Raccoon River Regional Park Lake, Polk County. | |
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| 571.37.89 Rathbun Lake, Appanoose County. | |
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| 571.37.90 Red Rock Lake, Marion County. | |
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| 571.37.91 Shell Rock River (Greene Impoundment), Floyd County. | |
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| 571.37.92 Saylorville Lake, Polk County. | |
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| 571.37.93 Silver Lake, Delaware County. | |
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| 571.37.94 Snyder Bend Lake, Woodbury County. | |
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| 571.37.95 Storm Lake, Buena Vista County. | |
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| 571.37.96 Thayer Lake, Union County. | |
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| 571.37.97 Three Mile Lake, Union County. | |
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| 571.37.98 Wapsipinicon River in Pinicon Ridge Park, Linn County. | |
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| 571.37.99 Williamson Pond, Lucas County. | |
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| 571.37.100 Artificial marshes. | |
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| 571.37.101 Natural marshes. | |
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| 571.37.102 Waterway markers. | |
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| 571.37.103 Authority to place markers. | |
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| 571.37.104 Maintenance of waterway markers. | |
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| 571.37.105 Display of waterway markers. | |
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| 571.37.106 Specifications for waterway markers. | |
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| 571.37.107 Mooring buoys and race course markers. | |
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| 571.37.108 Diver’s flag. | |
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| 571.37.109 Accident report. | |
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| 571.37.110 Procedure. | |
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| 571.37.111 Contents. | |
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