Another boat registration question

It would be interesting to know how many citations have been issued against MN residents in WI for not having duck boats registered.
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Probably zero since the vast majority of people in MN with motorized duckboats use them outside of duck season and thus must register them.

Those with non-motorized duck boats don't need to register them to hunt in either state.
 
To get further off the topic. What about the regulations in MN hat require all boats travelling on its roads must have their drain plugs removed and any other item that carries water either removed or drained. If I'm travelling through MN from WI to get to SD, I wouldn't know this and yet I am violating the law. Legally could MN cite and fine you for this?


Here is what it says: "Drain plugs, bailers, valves, or other devices used to control the draining of water from ballast tanks, bilges and live wells must be removed or opened while transporting watercraft on public road"


Mark W
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Yes, ignorance is not an excuse for breaking the law.

Should South Dakota residents be allowed to drive 65 mph on a two lane state highway in MN "if they didn't see the speed limit sign of 55 or 60" and thus didn't know?

Do Concealed Carry Permit holders need to know the laws of other states, or just do what they do at home?
 
To get further off the topic. What about the regulations in MN hat require all boats travelling on its roads must have their drain plugs removed and any other item that carries water either removed or drained. If I'm travelling through MN from WI to get to SD, I wouldn't know this and yet I am violating the law. Legally could MN cite and fine you for this?


Here is what it says: "Drain plugs, bailers, valves, or other devices used to control the draining of water from ballast tanks, bilges and live wells must be removed or opened while transporting watercraft on public road"


Mark W
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What if you don't have a drain plug????
 
To get further off the topic. What about the regulations in MN hat require all boats travelling on its roads must have their drain plugs removed and any other item that carries water either removed or drained. If I'm travelling through MN from WI to get to SD, I wouldn't know this and yet I am violating the law. Legally could MN cite and fine you for this?


Here is what it says: "Drain plugs, bailers, valves, or other devices used to control the draining of water from ballast tanks, bilges and live wells must be removed or opened while transporting watercraft on public road"


Mark W
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What if you don't have a drain plug????
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Phil, I am no maritime lawyer, but as I read that language, if you have no drain plug, you don't have to remove it. You do need to dump out the bucket you use to bail.
 
To get further off the topic. What about the regulations in MN hat require all boats travelling on its roads must have their drain plugs removed and any other item that carries water either removed or drained. If I'm travelling through MN from WI to get to SD, I wouldn't know this and yet I am violating the law. Legally could MN cite and fine you for this?


Here is what it says: "Drain plugs, bailers, valves, or other devices used to control the draining of water from ballast tanks, bilges and live wells must be removed or opened while transporting watercraft on public road"


Mark W
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Yes, ignorance is not an excuse for breaking the law.

Should South Dakota residents be allowed to drive 65 mph on a two lane state highway in MN "if they didn't see the speed limit sign of 55 or 60" and thus didn't know?

Do Concealed Carry Permit holders need to know the laws of other states, or just do what they do at home?
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Don't think I agree with you on this Nick. If I am only passing through MN with no intention to fish there or use my boat, how is it even close to reasonable for me to know MN has this drain plug law? Since I'm not fishing in MN I won't have the reg's that show me this. It isn't posted anywhere on any highway signs. Saying you didn't see a speed limit sign sign that is there for anyone to see verses saying you had no idea about the drain plug law are significantly different - one guys opinion.

Nothing I'm worried about regarding registration as if a CO wants to cite me for it and my "reasoning" is not good enough for him, it is what it is.

Thought it may make an interesting discussion.

Mark W
 
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Just pay the few bucks to register it weither your state has to are not. And then hunt any state you want and not have to worrie about getting a ticket.

Better to pay the man and be legal no matter where you hunt then get a ticket.
 
Just pay the few bucks to register it weither your state has to are not. And then hunt any state you want and not have to worrie about getting a ticket.

Better to pay the man and be legal no matter where you hunt then get a ticket.
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This isn't an issue about money but asking what are we required to do and what are we not. Another one. MN requires any boat, except a boat used solely for hunting solely during the hunting season, over 12' long to be registered. Not true in Wisconsin. Outside of being on border waters does someone who comes into MN have to know the MN regs and comply with them if they just want to paddle around on a lake for a couple of hours?

I know I'm wrong on this and all but it is impossible for an average citizen to know and abide by every single rule every single State has as they vary so widely. when I drive home tonight from work I bet I break a law or two I don't even know about.

And this isn't an issue of being fined or thrown in the slammer, just was curious what others thought. Where is our old legal expert Rod Johnson (I think it was Johnson) who used to provide us his legal opinion?

Mark W
 
Mark, I would be comfortable and consider myself legal in another state if I complied with my own states registration requirements - for boats. For ATVs or other OHVs I would definitely check with the state I would be operating in.

With regard to the other topic brought up - trailers. Wisconsin doesn't require trailers - either boat or utility trailers to be licensed. I have been questioned twice - Iowa and Nova Scotia about not having plates. Both times they accepted my statement that Wisconsin doesn't require them.
 
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