{"id":810,"date":"2015-05-01T09:40:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T13:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=810"},"modified":"2017-04-05T20:18:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T20:18:22","slug":"boat-license-requirements-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/boat-license-requirements-in-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Boat License Requirements in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Boat License Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Any person from 12-17 years of age, is required to obtain a Minnesota Watercraft Operator&#8217;s Permit, commonly called a <a href=\"https:\/\/boatsmartexam.com\/us\/\">boat license<\/a>, to operate a motorized boat over 25 horsepower.<\/p>\n<p>Non-residents who already possess an Operator\u2019s Certificate or permit issued by their home state, do not need to obtain another one from Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Operator&#8217;s Permit education materials can be obtained from the MDNR, sheriff&#8217;s offices, marine dealers or online.<\/p>\n<h2>Minnesota&#8217;s Age and Horsepower Restrictions<\/h2>\n<p><b>A person under 12 years of age:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May operate a motorized boat of 25 horsepower or less.<\/li>\n<li>May operate a boat of 25-75 horsepower so long as they have someone at least 21 years of age on board with them who may take direct control.<\/li>\n<li>Is restricted from operating a boat of more than 75 horsepower (even with adult supervision).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Scene2LessThan12-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-811\" data-original=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Scene2LessThan12-01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Age and Horsepower\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" data-original-set=\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Scene2LessThan12-01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Scene2LessThan12-01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Scene2LessThan12-01.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>A person 12-17 years of age:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May operate a motorized boat of 25 horsepower or less.<\/li>\n<li>May operate a boat over 25 horsepower if they have either a Watercraft Operator&#8217;s Permit, or they have someone at least 21 years of age on board with them who may take direct control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Personal Watercraft Age Restrictions<\/h2>\n<p>A person under 13 years of age:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is restricted from operating a PWC (even with adult supervision).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A person 13 years of age:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May operate a PWC so long as they have someone at least 21 years of age on board with them, \u00a0or they have their Minnesota Watercraft Operator&#8217;s Permit and are operating within view of someone at least 21 years of age.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A person 14-17 years of age:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May operate a PWC so long as they have their Minnesota Watercraft Operator&#8217;s Permit, or they have someone at least 21 years of age on board with them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[7],"article-tag":[15,29,37,247,261],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Boat License Requirements in Minnesota<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minnesota&#039;s boat license requirements. 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