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Photo ID Required ??
Got a question for the "Rule guru's" of the forum.
Are you REQUIRED to have a photo ID in your possesion when driving a boat? Personally, I've never heard of such a thing, and rarely (if ever) carry my wallet aboard. I carry some cash & a credit card and that's it. Here's the background -- This past weekend our neighbors son (18 yr old) was stopped by MP. After a complete vessel shakedown and a fix-it ticket for a "weak" horn the MP asked for the drivers Boating cert -- along with a photo ID ---As it turns out, he had his drivers license with him and respectfully handed it over. So in this issue, no harm - no foul. But I was not aware (if true) that anything beyond the Boater Cert was required. Or was MP a little overzealous, given that it was a teenager ? Truely curious of the requirements
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You're not legally obligated to carry any I.D. at all but if you are charged or investigated for anything the police might detain you until your identity can be verified. Certain activities require licensing or certification and those documents are frequently accepted as proof if identity.
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You are not required to have a photo id with you, but you are required to provide one if a police officer asks for it. If you don't have it with you, expect MP to follow you back to where you do have it if there is no other way to confirm you identity on the water. If you refuse, you are in violation and could be charged with Disobeying an Officer.
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[QUOTE=NightWing]You are required to provide a positiveform of ID, which is easily done with a photo ID such as a driver's license. Not all states have photo ID, so it isn't always possible. Remember that a driver's license is not required to operate a boat, but a Boater's Ed card is and that is a valid form of ID, even without a photo.[/QUOTE]
If the above quote is true, then how does one that is requesting it know that the boating cert. and the ID (no picture) you offer is in fact you. That sure as heck doesn't make sense to this writer. |
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Nightwing --- That is/was my understanding as well.
Three years back ( When I was not required to have a Boat Cert) I was pulled over by Marine Patrol for no apparent cause other than to run through my safety equipment and they asked for my Boating Cert -- to which I replied "I didn't need one" then they asked for my Driver's Liscense -- to which (still miffed at the stop) I crisply replied "I didn't need one". Long story short, he found his reason to issue a fix-it ticket -- which as I had no ID on me, I had to sign verifying my name, address, and drivers license #
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You would only have to sign if you had no ID or other way to prove who you are. (Wife, child, good friend on board who can vouch for you.) Believability is the key here. If you say you are John Smith born on the eve of destruction, you might give the officer cause for doubt. Play games and the stop will be protracted. Remember, you have a legal obligation to properly identify yourself to a peace officer during a vehicle stop. Fail to do that and you could be taken into custody until which time you give truthful answers. |
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In any event, short answer--
My original line of belief was correct !! You do not have to carry a Photo ID (Liscense or otherwise) with you when boating.
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If people would pay attention to what the officer says when they are stopped, or ask the question of why they were stopped, a lot of these statements would disappear. You cannot be stopped without a reason and wanting to inspect your equipment is not a reason. The "fix-it ticket" you referred to was a Defective Equipment tag which was probably blue in color and you were given the mail in part of it. It required satisfaction of the deficiency within a specified time period. The paper you signed was the write-up slip and your signature was required due to lack of your ID. If you weren't given the mail in card, you got nothing except a verbal warning which the officer documented on the slip. |
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Sure they will, and they have. Just because it is the MP "policy," does not mean that officers follow it.
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I think it makes sense to just carry your DL or ID anyway. I know I'll have my NC DL and NC Boating certificate on me next week when I'm there.
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Like so many other threads--- let's NOT get this off topic and into a feud !! It was a simple question, I have my answer, thread is dead !! Thank you all .............................. The End
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Ever notice that Nightwing always rushes to defend the marine patrol stops. My experience,after 40 years on lakes Squam,Winnipesaukee,and Winnisquam is that at least half of their stops are just harrassment stops because they are bored or in one case I witnessed,we had a couple of teenage girls on board with their parents and the stop was made by a couple of part time summer cops who didn't look old enough to drive a car.They had trouble controlling the MP boat in the chop and bumped us several times. Sorry,Nightwing,but I'm not one who has a lot of respect for the marine patrol.
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Pop Quiz for Samiam...
Y'know, at one time, the NH Marine Patrol was much less controversial—maybe they should revert to the original name that was painted on the sides of their patrol boats. Everyone in this neighborhood watched for those patrol boats.
Anyone remember what that original name was? (Extra points for the year it changed, though I can't say exactly what that year was).
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We legals need proof of who we are. In New Jersey we need several forms of documentain. Birth Certificate, Military Discharge, Tax Bill, Utility Bill (electic, gas, phone...), old Photo license.... I used to carry my Drives License boating but after leaving it in the the swim suit and driving the car without it I now ride the jetski sans photo ID. |
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Not to get off of the thread...
but the safety of a photo id is largely an illusion (although admittedly better than no photo). My photo id license from Florida is about 12 years old and is renewed until 2010. 15 years of aging certainly makes id from the license problematic at best. In FL, if you are a "good driver" you can renew your license online and the old photo is used. It is convenient for me, not sure how useful for "national security" or accurate identification.
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For state's that don't comply the penalty, in addition to loss of federal dollars, would be to refuse to recognize that state's drivers licenses as a form of ID for federal purposes, like getting passports, entering federal buildings etc. (you vill give me your papers!) Now, back to the topic at hand: BoatUS recently surveyed it's members about boating safety certificates and I believe one of the questions (if I recall) had to do with a photo ID. I'm looking forward to the results. |
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Acres per Second --- "Shore Patrol"
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Your papers please
The memory of the TV show Hogan's Heros keeps coming to mind when I read this thread. Have we gotten to the point where papers are required when out and about?
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I think it was an insignia
I think it was a circular insignia in blue and I think it said NH Dept of Safety. As I got my last ticket in 1969 it couldn't have been much later that the name was changed - maybe 1976?
I can almost see the insignia on the side of the boats as being as standout as the light bar on the old police cars. But here is another question; During the summers weren't the majority of the policing watercraft operated by college students doing work study towards police degrees (I don't know what the program name would have been called) I remember that none carried weapons and they were only there until Labor Day weekend. |
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Either situation.....................no document? You are obligated to identify yourself. Verbal ID is a last resort, but if that is all you have, that is all you can give. On the road, the officer will call your name and date of birth in (license or not) to dispatch to check your record and to see if you are who you claim to be. A photo license takes care of that part of it. No license requires getting a physical description from dispatch to verify that you resemble the description in state records. Whether or not you have a valid license is another issue. On the water, the officer will get your information and, lacking ID, will have you sign the write-up slip. Having an ID simplifies the process because your name, birth date and address are on the document and you don't have to be asked for the information. Again, suitable ID speeds the process along and is not infringing on your rights. |
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You've got me stumped Acres......I'm embarrassed......so many years on the lake and all I'm thinking is MP........maybe I need a cocktail!
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Not NH Dept of Safety—at least not the obvious (huge) lettering on the sides of the old patrol boats, which were all inboards. Now I'm wondering if those old patrol boats might be the very same inboard patrol boats we see today? Can they be 25 years old? Answer: Those old ticket-distributers were in "Public Utilities Commission"-labeled boats. If carguy had been on-line lately, he would have gotten it! Quote:
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In the fifties and at least early sixty's in Alton Bay we had one police officer, his name was Mr. Cates, He had an aluminum starcraft about 14-15 foot with an outboard. He covered all of Alton Bay. The steelcraft patrol boats as I seen them were basically used to take care of the buoys.
Seems that Mr Cates and my father were on first name bases and it also seems that the main topic was the boat "Puddy-Tat" which my brother and I operated endlessly during daylight hours. As for license plates, my understanding back then, you did not register the boat, you registered the motor. So if you had two outboards, you had two plates. Some put the plate on the motor and when they used the motor on a different boat, already registered. |
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Is that why they ...
I remember Mercury motors with a license plate wired to a pair of holes at the back just below the cylinder cover. I always wondered why people would want the plate flapping around like that.
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Here is a 1986 NH boat plate with the 86 sticker on it. Hopefully it will come up. If not we'll try another way.
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Actually the plate that I have (I will try to remember to scan it in the morning) was the previous year's plate and instead of issuing a little decal with the date on it they issued a decal that covered the entire plate with a completely different number. The year on the decal plate is 1988.
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Old NH Sailboat plate decal
Hopefully this will work. The first photo is of the old plate from our Freedom 21 from 1988. If you look closely you will see that a decal covers the entire plate. The second photo is the back of the same plate, note the numbers are different and if you look closely you can see the edges of the decal covering the entire other side.
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Not sure if thats interesting or shady, but definitely different.
Oh yeah, and the defense rests.
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related question?
What about boats with out of state registration? Are they supposed to by in the water all summer? Are they huh?
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Annually, the colors alternated between green and white. Those tiny license plates were made of steel in those years that the lettering was colored green. When the lettering was white—the plates were made of aluminum.
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I'm sure there are higher priorities than making a note of every registration number and watching it every day to see if a boat is here. Without that kind of testimony my money would be against a succesful prosection. This law is in the category of rules people obey when it's convenient (imo). |
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