Section 9853.8 Of Chapter 2. Registration From California Vehicle Code >> Division 3.5. >> Chapter 2.
9853.8
. (a) This section applies only to a sterndrive or inboard
vessel that contains a spark-ignition marine engine below 373 kW (500
hp) rated power output that was manufactured on or after January 1,
2008, or contains a spark-ignition marine engine with any rated power
output that was manufactured on or after January 1, 2009.
(b) It is an infraction, punishable by a fine of two hundred fifty
dollars ($250), for a person to operate an undocumented vessel,
requiring numbering by the state, that is not currently numbered by
the state, and that does not comply with the emissions standards
required by Section 2442 of Title 13 of the California Code of
Regulations.
(c) As used in this section, "spark-ignition marine engine" has
the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 9853.7.