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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 320 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter 443<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":357174,"section_number":"29.1-748","catch_line":"Restrictions on operation; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-748\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1420787,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357178,"identifier":"29.1-749","token":"29.1\/7\/4\/29.1-749","url":"\/29.1-749\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-749\/","token":"29.1\/7\/4\/29.1-749","dublin_core":{"Title":"Owner of personal watercraft permitting violation; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-749","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for the owner<\/span> of or any person having control of a personal watercraft<\/span> to authorize or knowingly permit a person under the age of sixteen to operate<\/span> the personal watercraft<\/span>, unless the person fourteen or fifteen years of age has successfully completed a boating safety education course as required under subdivision A 1 of § 29.1-748<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOWNER OF PERSONAL WATERCRAFT PERMITTING VIOLATION; PENALTY (\u00a7 29.1-749)\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for the owner of or any person having control of a\npersonal watercraft to authorize or knowingly permit a person under the age of\nsixteen to operate the personal watercraft, unless the person fourteen or\nfifteen years of age has successfully completed a boating safety education\ncourse as required under subdivision A 1 of § 29.1-748.\n\nB. A violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a Class 4\nmisdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 320; 1998, c. 443.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}