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Skip · 09-10-2004, 04:47 PM

I have attached the applicable RSA's below governing overnight anchoring.
The law is somewhat ambiguous, but rest assured...whether you are in a forty foot cruiser or a sixteen foot whaler, if you're asleep on a seat, bucket,blanket or bed (its all considered bed) and no matter where you go or what you use (the Lake included) its will be considered "toilet facilities", and you will be moved along (with or without paperwork). So, if its after dark and you are asleep in or on it, its probably going to be considered a "houseboat".

Anyway, hope the below posted info helps and as always, please feel free to e-mail me offline if you would like any further information....

Skip

CHAPTER 270-A
USE OF HOUSEBOATS
Section 270-A:1
270-A:1 Definitions. – The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
I. "Person' means any individual, firm, co-partnership, company, association or joint-stock association, including any trustee, administrator, executor, receiver, assignee or other personal representative thereof.
II. "Houseboat' means any ship, boat, raft, float, catamaran or marine craft of any description upon or within which are located sleeping and toilet facilities, regardless of whether such facilities are of a permanent or temporary nature.
III. "Overnight period' means the period of time between the termination of daylight in the evening to the earliest dawn in the next morning.
IV. "Mooring' means beaching, grounding, or tying of a houseboat to the shore of any of the inland surface waters of the state, and the anchoring of a houseboat on any of the inland surface waters of the state.

CHAPTER 270-A
USE OF HOUSEBOATS
Section 270-A:2
270-A:2 Where Overnight Mooring Permitted. – A houseboat may be beached or grounded, or tied to the shore of any of the inland surface waters of the state for an overnight period, or any part of an overnight period, only when on or at a location owned, leased, or otherwise under the control of the owner or operator of the houseboat or by permission of the owner, lessee, or person otherwise in control of such location. An unoccupied houseboat may be anchored on the inland surface waters of the state for an overnight period, or any part of an overnight period, only in an area reasonably adjacent to a location owned, leased, or otherwise under the control of the owner or operator of the houseboat or by permission of the owner, lessee, or person otherwise in control of such location

CHAPTER 270-A
USE OF HOUSEBOATS
Section 270-A:3
270-A:3 Where Overnight Mooring Prohibited. – No houseboat shall be beached or grounded, or tied to the shore of any of the inland surface waters of the state for an overnight period or any part of an overnight period, except as permitted in RSA 270-A:2 or in cases of emergency. No houseboat shall be anchored on any of the inland surface waters of the state for an overnight period or any part of an overnight period except as permitted in RSA 270-A:2 or in cases of emergency.

09-10-2004, 04:47 PM	#19
Skip Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 1,615 Thanks: 256 Thanked 514 Times in 182 Posts	When is a boat a houseboat? I have attached the applicable RSA's below governing overnight anchoring. The law is somewhat ambiguous, but rest assured...whether you are in a forty foot cruiser or a sixteen foot whaler, if you're asleep on a seat, bucket,blanket or bed (its all considered bed) and no matter where you go or what you use (the Lake included) its will be considered "toilet facilities", and you will be moved along (with or without paperwork). So, if its after dark and you are asleep in or on it, its probably going to be considered a "houseboat". Anyway, hope the below posted info helps and as always, please feel free to e-mail me offline if you would like any further information.... Skip CHAPTER 270-A USE OF HOUSEBOATS Section 270-A:1 270-A:1 Definitions. – The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: I. "Person' means any individual, firm, co-partnership, company, association or joint-stock association, including any trustee, administrator, executor, receiver, assignee or other personal representative thereof. II. "Houseboat' means any ship, boat, raft, float, catamaran or marine craft of any description upon or within which are located sleeping and toilet facilities, regardless of whether such facilities are of a permanent or temporary nature. III. "Overnight period' means the period of time between the termination of daylight in the evening to the earliest dawn in the next morning. IV. "Mooring' means beaching, grounding, or tying of a houseboat to the shore of any of the inland surface waters of the state, and the anchoring of a houseboat on any of the inland surface waters of the state. CHAPTER 270-A USE OF HOUSEBOATS Section 270-A:2 270-A:2 Where Overnight Mooring Permitted. – A houseboat may be beached or grounded, or tied to the shore of any of the inland surface waters of the state for an overnight period, or any part of an overnight period, only when on or at a location owned, leased, or otherwise under the control of the owner or operator of the houseboat or by permission of the owner, lessee, or person otherwise in control of such location. An unoccupied houseboat may be anchored on the inland surface waters of the state for an overnight period, or any part of an overnight period, only in an area reasonably adjacent to a location owned, leased, or otherwise under the control of the owner or operator of the houseboat or by permission of the owner, lessee, or person otherwise in control of such location CHAPTER 270-A USE OF HOUSEBOATS Section 270-A:3 270-A:3 Where Overnight Mooring Prohibited. – No houseboat shall be beached or grounded, or tied to the shore of any of the inland surface waters of the state for an overnight period or any part of an overnight period, except as permitted in RSA 270-A:2 or in cases of emergency. No houseboat shall be anchored on any of the inland surface waters of the state for an overnight period or any part of an overnight period except as permitted in RSA 270-A:2 or in cases of emergency.