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New Minnesota boating permit law now in effect

Jul 3, 2025 | 6:11 AM

(MNN)- A new Minnesota law requires most people born after June 30, 2004, to obtain a watercraft operator’s permit before using a motorboat or personal watercraft. People born before July 1, 1987, will remain exempt unless they fall under specific scenarios, including supervising younger operators or renting a watercraft. You can visit the Minnesota DNR’s website for a link to a third-party site where you can complete your boater safety course, or you can ask for a free paper version of the test to take at your own pace and send back to the DNR.

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