New York Navigation Law

Every section of the New York Navigation Law, in order — 221 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Nav. Law § 1 — Short title
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 2 — Definitions
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 10 — Duties of the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation and the commissioner of environmental conservation
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 12 — Inspector; qualifications
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 13 — Inspector; duties
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 14 — Inspector; licenses
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 15 — Inspector; fees
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 16 — Inspector; reports
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 17 — Traveling navigation inspectors
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 18 — Special navigation inspectors
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 19 — Uniform navigation summons and complaint
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 20 — Verification of complaints
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 30 — Navigation, jurisdiction over
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 31 — Excavation, fill or other modification of water course
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 32 — Location of structures in or on navigable waters
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 32-a — Using net or weir unlawfully in Hudson river
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 32-b — Lights upon swing bridges
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 32-c — Interfering with navigation
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 32-d — Dumping or depositing of certain materials in the Genesee river
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 32-e — Restriction and regulation of structures in certain towns and villages in the county of Niagara
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 33 — Deposit of refuse in navigable waters of the state
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 33-a — Sanitary facilities aboard craft on Lake George, Canandaigua Lake, Keuka Lake, Skaneateles Lake and on Greenwood Lake, Orange county
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 33-b — Dumping or depositing trash and other debris in Chautauqua lake and its tributaries; ice fishing shanties on lakes within the state of Ne...
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 33-c — Regulating disposal of sewage; littering of waterways
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 33-d — Sanitary facilities aboard crafts on Lake Champlain
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 33-e — Marine sanitation devices aboard vessels in vessel waste no-discharge zones
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 34 — Regattas
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 34-a — Permits for racing shell regattas not required
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 35 — Aids to navigation
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 35-a — Floating objects other than aids to navigation
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 35-b — Markers for skin or scuba divers
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 35-c — Real time and wind water level telemetry system
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 35-d — Aquatic invasive species signs at public boat launches
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 36 — Removal of unauthorized floating object
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 37 — Public use of privately owned navigable waters
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 38 — Lake George water levels
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 39 — Motor boat regulation on Lake George
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 39-a — Motor boat regulation on Lake Colby
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 40 — Equipment
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 40-a — Manufacture and sale of outboard motors
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 40-b — Sale and use of tributyltin paint
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 41 — Pilot rules
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 42 — Searchlights; unlawful to flash
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 42-a — Tow-chains
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 43 — Lights to be displayed
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 43-a — Use of digital billboards
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 44 — Noise levels on pleasure vessels
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45 — Reckless operation of a vessel; speed
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45-a — Beaching a disabled water craft
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45-aa — Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Canandaigua lake; Keuka lake
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45-aaa — Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45-aaaa — Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Greenwood Lake
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45-aaaa — Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45-aaaaa — Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45-aaaaaa — Special provisions relating to noise and speed on Lamoka Lake and Waneta Lake
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45-aaaaaa — Special provisions relating to reckless operation, noise and speed on the Fulton Chain of Lakes
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45-b — Regulation of beaches
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45-c — Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Conesus lake
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45-cc — Reckless operation and speed on the canal system
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 45-d — Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke's Point in Great Kills Harbor
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 46 — Vessel regulation zone
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 46-a — Regulations of vessels
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 46-aa — Special provisions relating to speed on lakes in Chautauqua county
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 46-aaa — Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on certain lakes in Hamilton county
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 46-aaaa — Special provisions relating to speed on Cuba lake
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 46-b — Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 47 — Leaving the scene of an accident without reporting
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 47-a — Accidents; police authorities, bay constables and coroners to report
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 47-b — Report to the commissioner required upon accident
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 48 — Negligence in use or operation of vessel attributable to owner
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 49 — Operator
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 49-a — Operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 49-b — Operating a vessel after having consumed alcohol; under the age of twenty-one; per se
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 49-c — Termination of unsafe operation
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 49-d — Application
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 50 — Owners to notify inspector and apply for inspection
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 53 — Rules and regulations
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 54 — Construction against fire
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 55 — Stairways and passageways
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 56 — Fire pump
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 57 — Identification number of vessel
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 58 — Number of passengers
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 58-a — Unauthorized boarding of vessels
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 59 — Manning of public vessels
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 60 — Inability to provide licensed officer
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 61 — Repairs and modifications
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 62 — Loss of life by misconduct of officers
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 63 — Certificate of inspection
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 63-a — Suspension of certificate of inspection; penalty for operating a vessel without a certificate of inspection or during suspension
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 64 — Licenses
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 64-a — Suspension and revocation of licenses
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 65 — Fees for vessel inspections and for the issuance of licenses
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 66 — Inflammable or explosive articles prohibited
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 67 — Public vessel equipment
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 68 — Investigations by inspector; penalties; reports
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 69 — Seizure of public vessels
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 70 — Minimum conditions for petroleum-bearing vessels in certain areas; tanker-avoidance zones
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 70-a — Minimum conditions for petroleum-bearing vessels on the Hudson river; tanker-avoidance zones
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 71 — Petroleum-bearing vessel advisory commission
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 71-d — Liveries; safety regulations; penalty
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 72 — Operation of pleasure vessels on Round Island lake, Orange county
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 72-a — Operation of vessels on the inland waters of Chautauqua county
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 73 — Towing of persons
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 73-a — Regulations of personal watercraft and specialty prop-craft
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 73-b — Misdemeanors
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 73-c — Violations
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 74 — Service of summons and complaint on non-residents
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 75 — Educational program
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 76 — Information
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 77 — Rules and regulations
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 78 — Boating safety certificate
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 78-a — Insurance rate reduction
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 79 — Courses of instruction
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 79-a — Definitions
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 79-b — Vessel and equipment anti-theft program; eligibility for state aid
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 79-c — Rules
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 80 — Three feet depth to be maintained
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 81 — Supervisor to serve notice
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 82 — Commissioner of transportation to inspect and report
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 83 — Injunction
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 84 — Application of this article
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 85 — Penalty
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 86 — Payment by city of New York
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 87 — Board of commissioners of pilots; powers and duties
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 88 — Pilotage at Sandy Hook, Sands Point or Execution Rocks; rates
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 88-a — Unlicensed piloting
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 89-a — Pilotage on the Hudson river; rates
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 89-b — Pilotage on Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound; rates
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 90 — Licensing of Sandy Hook pilots; apprenticeship
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 91-a — Licensing of Hudson river pilots
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 91-b — Licensing of Long Island-Block Island Sound Pilots
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 92 — Examination of applicants
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 93 — Bond
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 94 — Suspension or revocation of licenses; suspension of pilots
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 95 — Regulation of pilots and persons employing them
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 97 — Miscellaneous provisions
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 98 — Application of article
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 100 — Definitions
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 101 — Motor boat regulation zone
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 102 — Rules governing the operation of motor boats
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 103 — Violations
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 104 — Defacing or removing serial numbers or identification marks on outboard motors
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 110 — Licenses
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 111 — Undertaking
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 112 — Appendages for rope ferries
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 113 — When schedules to be posted
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 114 — Ferries
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 115 — Ferries and ferry terminal
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 115-a — Ferry service
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 120 — Dams and bridges
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 121 — Booms and other obstructions to be opened on notice; penalty for failure
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 122 — Acquisition for public use
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 123 — Marks on logs and timber to be recorded
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 123-a — Defacing marks on logs or lumber
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 124 — Persons prohibited from landing logs, timber or lumber
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 125 — Application of article
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 130 — Powers and duties of sheriff
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 130-a — Applicability to abandoned historic shipwrecks
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 131 — Sale of wreck
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 132 — Delivery of wreck or proceeds to claimant
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 133 — Claimant's undertaking
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 134 — When owner may sue
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 135 — Claim for salvage
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 136 — Detention of wreck
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 137 — Appointment of appraisers
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 138 — Sale and disposition of property
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 139 — Publication of notice of wrecked property
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 139-a — Keeping wrecked goods a misdemeanor
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 139-b — Defacing marks upon wrecked property
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 139-c — Officer unlawfully detaining wrecked property
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 140 — Definitions
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 140-a — Offenses against the navigation law
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 141 — Harbors of refuge
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 142 — Local marine facilities
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 143 — State marine facilities
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 144 — Rules and regulations
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 170 — Legislative intent
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 171 — Purposes
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 172 — Definitions
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 173 — Discharge of petroleum; prohibition
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 174 — Licenses
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 174-a — Use of containment booms
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 174-b — Use of agents
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 175 — Notification by persons responsible for discharge
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 176 — Removal of prohibited discharges
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 177 — Emergency oil spill control network
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 177-a — Emergency oil spill relocation network
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 177-b — Habitat protection plan
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 178 — Right to enter and inspect
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 178-a — Responder immunity
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 179 — New York environmental protection and spill compensation fund
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 179-a — New York environmental protection and spill remediation account
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 180 — Administrator of the fund
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 181 — Liability
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 181-a — Environmental lien
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 181-b — Environmental lien notice; contents
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 181-c — Filing of notice of environmental lien; filing of release
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 181-d — Enforcement of environmental lien
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 181-e — Amounts received to satisfy lien
• N.Y. Nav. Law § 182 — Claims against the fund