{"id":896,"date":"2015-04-17T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/?post_type=article&p=643"},"modified":"2015-12-14T15:26:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T15:26:09","slug":"texas-muffler-requirements-and-litter-laws","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/texas-muffler-requirements-and-litter-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas’ Muffler Requirements and Litter Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas\u2019 Muffler and Noise Level Laws<\/h2>\n

Motorized boats in Texas are required to have a factory-type muffler or an exhaust water manifold installed on the engine.<\/p>\n

Texas\u2019 Waste Disposal Laws<\/h2>\n

In Texas, any boat with a permanently installed Marine Sanitation Device (MSD) is required to obtain a MSD certification and display a certification decal if the boat is operated on any waters in Texas, including coastal waters up to 3 nautical miles.<\/p>\n

For certification and decal information contact: www.tceq.texas.gov<\/a> or call (512) 239-0400.<\/p>\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":[83,129,136,247,271],"yoast_head":"\nBoat Muffler Requirements and Litter Laws in Texas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about muffler and noise level requirements, as well a litter and waste disposal laws in the state of Texas.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/texas-muffler-requirements-and-litter-laws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boat Muffler Requirements and Litter Laws in Texas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn about muffler and noise level requirements, as well a litter and waste disposal laws in the state of Texas.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/texas-muffler-requirements-and-litter-laws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BOATsmart! Knowledgebase\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-14T15:26:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/\",\"name\":\"BOATsmart! Knowledgebase\",\"description\":\"Everything you need to know about boating safety\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/texas-muffler-requirements-and-litter-laws\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/texas-muffler-requirements-and-litter-laws\/\",\"name\":\"Boat Muffler Requirements and Litter Laws in Texas\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-17T20:43:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-14T15:26:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn about muffler and noise level requirements, as well a litter and waste disposal laws in the state of Texas.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/texas-muffler-requirements-and-litter-laws\/\"]}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-category?post=896"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-tag?post=896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}