[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR175.110]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 175--EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart C--Visual Distress Signals
 
Sec. 175.110  Visual distress signals required.

    (a) No person may use a boat 16 feet or more in length, or any boat 
operating as an uninspected passenger vessel subject to the requirements 
of 46 CFR chapter I, subchapter C, unless visual distress signals 
selected from the list in Sec. 175.130 or the alternatives in Sec. 
175.135, in the number required, are onboard. Devices suitable for day 
use and devices suitable for night use, or devices suitable for both day 
and night use, must be carried.
    (b) Between sunset and sunrise, no person may use a boat less than 
16 feet in length unless visual distress signals suitable for night use, 
selected from the list in Sec. 175.130 or Sec. 175.135, in the number 
required, are on board.

[CGD 76-183, 44 FR 73024, Dec. 17, 1979, as amended by USCG-1999-5040, 
67 FR 34760, May 15, 2002]