Thread: Registering a boat

If it has a motor gas or electric.

I thought even kayaks needed to be registered.

Originally Posted by RCC

I thought even kayaks needed to be registered.

Yes. Doesn't matter if it has a motor or not.

My 10foot Pelican did not have to be registered until I put the electric on it.

You don't have to register a kayak unless you put a motor on it or any boat for that matter.

Originally Posted by Cmj

Yes. Doesn't matter if it has a motor or not.

Last I read boats with out mechanical propulsion are not required to be registerted if used in daylight hours. But add a motor gas or electric and it has to be registered.

This is what it states on DFA website.

Registering a Motor Boat
Boats propelled by sail or motor (including trolling motors) of any type must be registered when operated on public waters. You must have an Arkansas Certificate of Number (registration) and validation decals to operate a motorboat on Arkansas’ public waters. The only exceptions are:
Vessels that are not propelled by an engine or by sail.

No motor your ok. Any kind of power to propel you craft Register.

I registered my two man bass buster , its not very much and your covered if not forsure