3.19.030 Exemptions

A boat is exempt from the registration requirements of this chapter if it is:

(a) Registered and covered by a valid certificate of number issued by the State of Wisconsin.

(b) A non-motorized boat which is not a sailboat.

(c) A non-motorized boat which is a sailboat but which is either 12 feet in length or less or is a sailboard.

(d) Covered by a valid certificate number issued under federal law, or a federally approved numbering system of a state other than Wisconsin, with the identification number properly displayed on each side of the forward half, but only if the boat has been in the state of Wisconsin less than 60 consecutive days, and is not the state of principal use of the boat.

(e) Operated within a period of 15 days after application for tribal or state of Wisconsin registration has been made and the required fee paid, and if the proof of application is carried on board.

(f) Is a federally documented vessel which is a commercial fishing boat licensed under Section 29.33, Wis. Stats.