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New Jersey Safe Boating LawsSign up for classes today and be ready for the season. Click to go to N.J. Government site: Operating Requirements | Licenses, certificates and safety Persons 12 years old or younger may not remain onboard any underway vessel (except short-run ferries and large commercial vessels longer than 65 feet) unless they are properly wearing a U.S. Coast Guard approved personal flotation device. Persons under 13 years may not operate any power vessel. Persons 13-15 years old may operate a power vessel of less than 1 HP, a vessel powered by a 12 volt trolling motor, or a vessel 12 feet or longer powered by less than 10 HP if they have successfully completed an approved boating safety course and have a boating safety certificate in their possession. Anyone, of any age, may operate those vessels without a boat license. Persons 16 years old or older may operate any recreational power vessel. Persons operating on nontidal waters must also carry a New Jersey boat license. In addition, a person born in 1979 or later and all operators of personal watercraft — less than 16 feet long equipped with an internal combustion engine that powers a water jet pump that can't be disengaged as to prevent the vessel from making headway — must complete an approved boating safety course and carry the certificate whenever operating the vessel. They must present this certificate when they apply for a boat license to operate on nontidal waters.
Penalties for boating law violators include: Penalties for boating under the influence of drugs or alcohol
and/or refusal include: 2nd Offense: loss of right to operate in NJ: Note: Penalties for certain DUI-related offenses may increase to double fines and imprisonment (if committed within 1,000 feet of property used for school purposes) or forfeiture of the vessel and/or vehicle. These offenses include DUI, driving revoked, vehicular homicide or refusal to take a chemical test. Penalties for refusing a breathalyzer or chemical test, all ages,
are loss of right to operate power boats and vehicles and: Vehicles as defined are automobiles, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, MOPEDs and agricultural vehicles.
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