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	Name:	Marine Police -
	Subject:	License Info
	Date:	8/19/2004 7:25:23 PM

4thelake....jlazc answered your question as far as the regulation concerning license requirements. Non-residents aren't required to have a license unless they operate a boat in AL more than 45 days in a year. However, a non-resident CAN obtain a boat license if they want. They have to pass the test and go to a driver's license office.

I don't know how they arrived at 45 days as the cutoff. I've heard rumors about how they originally arrived at the 12 yr. old operator age (which has since been changed to 14). I tend to believe it given what I know about state politics. The strangest "loophole" of the law to me is the one that exempts people that rent boats from having a license. That makes no sense at all. The only way to change any of that is to contact your state legislator.

BTW, it is illegal to ride outside the rails on a pontoon boat. Anytime a boat is above idle speed all passengers have to be seated inside the boat....below the gunwale (i.e. lower than the sides of the boat). That also includes sitting on the sundeck of runabouts.

You can check the link for rules and regulations regarding boating. Also you can pick up a boating reg. pamphlet at most marinas around the lake.

URL: outdooralabama.com