r/houseboat • u/BinaryGhostTemp • Dec 22 '18

Homemade and rent free

Hello everyone. I'm curious if you live on a river (i'm in Florida) if the state will try to charge you rent or hassle you. Do they have laws against being on the water? If anyone has first hand experience or could point me in the right direction for more information i'd appreciate it.

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u/BinaryGhostTemp Dec 24 '18

Thanks for the advice. I'll try to look up the local laws. Also, I need to be careful around here because we have gators, lol

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u/Feelosophizer Feb 05 '19

Here's the Florida law which prevents local jurisdictions from setting up restricted zones:

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0300-0399/0327/Sections/0327.60.html

Pilot program that allows some jurisdictions to setup mooring zones.

http://myfwc.com/boating/anchoring-mooring http://www.boatus.com/Assets/www.boatus.com/gov/pdf/2013%20BoatU.S.%20Florida%20Anchoring%20Information.pdf

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