Mississippi Boating

Laws and Safety Equipment
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3	Numbering and Registration
4	Safety Equipment-Life Jackets
5	Fire Extinguishers
6	Visual Distress Signals
7	Ventilation
8	Mufflers
9	Backfire and Flame Control
10	Whistle Bell and Horn
11	Navigation Lights
12	Pollution and Garbage
13	Reckless Operation
14	Personal Watercraft
15	Age and Education
16	Water Skiing
17	Diving
18	Boating Under the Influence
19	Accidents
20	Homeland Security
21	Chapter Review

OPERATOR AGE and BOATER EDUCATION

No motorboat may be operated by any person who is under the age of twelve (12) years, unless he possesses a boating certificate and is also accompanied by a parent, guardian or other person who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age and qualified and capable of operating the boat.

A motorboat may not be operated by any person born after June 30, 1980, unless the person has completed a course in boating safety conducted or approved by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, and the person has in his immediate possession while operating a motorboat a certificate of satisfactory completion of the boating safety course.

Mississippi 's Boater Education Program

Any person born after June 30, 1980 must complete a Boating Safety Course to operate a boat. Persons under 12 years of age must be accompanied by a person 21 or older on board the boat in order to operate the boat.

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OPERATOR AGE and BOATER EDUCATION

Mississippi 's Boater Education Program