PWC Drugs, Alcohol and Reckless Operation in Nevada and Arizona:  Nevada and Arizona laws prohibit anyone from operating a vessel while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Any person who operates or is in actual physical control of a vessel under power or sail on the water shall be deemed to have given his consent to an evidentiary test of his blood, urine, breath or other bodily substance for the purpose of determining the alcohol content of his blood or the presence of a controlled substance.

Age Limits
In Arizona, no person under 12 years of age may operate a motorcraft propelled by a motor of greater than eight horsepower. In Nevada, a personal watercraft operator must be 14 years or older.

Pollution
No boat shall be so equipped as to permit discharge from or through its marine toilet, or in any other manner, any sewage at any time into these waters, nor shall any container of sewage be placed, left, discharged or caused to be placed, left, or discharged in or near any of these waters by any person at any time whether or not they are the owner, operator, guest or occupant of a boat. Pumping stations for emptying sewage from holding tanks are located at all marinas. It is prohibited for any person to place or dump or allow to be placed or dumped at any time into these waters any organic substance, wood byproduct, garbage, or any substance deleterious to fish or wildlife.

PWC Lifejackets or Personal Flotation Device (PFD): Boaters must have a minimum of one good and serviceable U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) approved lifejacket for each person on board their vessel. Lifejackets must fit the intended user including children and infants. All persons 12 years or younger must wear a lifejacket while on board a vessel. All boats 16 feet or over must have a USCG-approved type IV (throwable) lifejacket on board in addition to lifejackets for each individual. For personal watercrafts (PWCs), a minimum of one USCG approved lifejacket must be worn by each person on board.

PWC Clean Engine Requirement for 2013 :  Beginning January 1, 2013, boats that do not meet the Environmental Protection Agency Rule for gasoline spark – ignition marine engines would be prohibited on Lakes Mead and Mohave. The National Park Service will require the exclusive use of four-stroke engines, direct-injection two-stroke engines or equivalent technology.

Boating Education Handbook: Learn more about Nevada boating laws with the online handbook. Some Nevada Boaters are required to complete boater education courses. Learn more. Take the boating education quiz here, courtesy of www.boaterexam.com. Find out how you did, and then head to one of the online boating education courses to get your Nevada boating card—the cards are good for life, duplicates are free and it covers Nevada’s mandatory education law!