{"id":899,"date":"2015-04-17T16:40:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T20:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=647"},"modified":"2015-12-14T15:26:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T15:26:52","slug":"texas-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/texas-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas&#8217; Law Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Boating laws in Texas are enforced by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Texas Parks and Wildlife Law Enforcement Division.<\/li>\n<li>Game Wardens.<\/li>\n<li>Marine Safety Enforcement Officers.<\/li>\n<li>The Coast Guard (on federal waters).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Law enforcement in the state of Texas have the authority to stop and board any boat to ensure they are in compliance with state and federal laws.<\/p>\n<p>A person convicted of failing to comply with law enforcement, or who violates laws within the Texas Water Safety Act will be guilty of a Texas Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>Those convicted of violations can be subject to a fine from $25-$500, and may also be required to complete an approved Boater Education Course.<\/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":[81,83,247,271],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Law Enforcement for Boaters in Texas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An overview of who enforces boating 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-law-enforcement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Law Enforcement for Boaters in Texas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An overview of who enforces boating laws in the state of Texas.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boatsmartexam.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/texas-law-enforcement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BOATsmart! 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