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MOORING AND ANCHORING

MOORING OR ANCHORING OF VESSELS; PLACEMENT AND REMOVAL OF MOORING BUOYS

1. The Commission hereby designates areas for mooring or anchoring vessels within the following locations:
   • On Lake Mohave, the location established as Cottonwood Cove by the Superintendent of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
   • On Lake Mead, the locations established as:
     • Boulder Harbor;
     • Calville Bay;
     • Echo Bay;
     • Las Vegas Bay; and
     • Overton Beach, by the Superintendent of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
   On Lake Tahoe, Round Hill Pines Beach, Glenbrook Bay and Zephyr Cove Marina located in Douglas County.
2. The areas designated by the Commission pursuant to subsection 1 will be marked pursuant to NRS 488.265.
3. Vessels are prohibited from mooring or anchoring on the Colorado River within the area designated by buoys at Harrah’s Casino in Laughlin.
4. The Department will collect a fee of $30 for the issuance or renewal of a permit to place a mooring buoy in the nonnavigable waters of this State.

The Department will remove a mooring buoy that is unlawfully placed and, for the removal of such a mooring buoy, assess an administrative fine. The amount of the administrative fine will be $100 in addition to an amount equal to the cost to the Department of labor and equipment for the removal of the mooring buoy.

Anchoring or mooring vessel which obstructs passageway prohibited; exceptions.

1. Except in an emergency, a person shall not anchor or moor a vessel in such a position as to obstruct a passageway ordinarily used by other vessels. As used in this subsection, a “passageway ordinarily used by other vessels” includes:
   • A river channel or the entrance to a harbor or marina; and
   • That area within a 100-yard radius of a boat ramp built and maintained with public money.
2. A person may anchor or moor a vessel in an area designated for that purpose by the Commission and marked at the corners with yellow can buoys. The buoys must emit a flashing yellow light from sunset to sunrise.