If you launch a boat on Utah waters, be aware that users must take the annual Utah Mussel Aware Boater Course, and have proof of the course completion in the launch vehicle or downloaded to the DWR mobile app. This includes all boats, whether motorized or human powered. That means kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, etc.
I paid the fee after completing the online course.
I thought that I would get something to place on the boat, by the bow numbers. Should I be getting that in the mail?
I’d be willing to pay $3 each for my paddle board and two kayaks…..
It’s crazy that a boat costs the same as a single paddleboard. That means a loaded family that has a big old wakeboarding boat pays $20 but I have to pay $80 for my family with our 4 simple paddle boards.
Only motorized boats have to pay the fee. Non-motorized like your paddle boards just need proof that you took the course. You can download course-completion to the Utah DWR app on your phone, or print out the completion certificate and keep it in your vehicle.
Non motorized don’t need to pay for the 20$ sticker. That’s only for motorized vessels like boats and pwc’s
I’ve been looking but can’t find if my kids need the certification for paddle boards or just the owner(me)
Since you must display the AIS certificate in the dash of your parked vehicle and carry a second certificate in the boat, I would think all responsibility for AIS goes to the person launching and retrieving the boat from that water. So if your kid had a driver’s license and drove the vehicle to the water and took his paddle board, he would need to have passed the course and properly display the certificate with his name on it, and he would be responsible for proper AIS for all the paddle boards he is carrying, including responsibility for the recent AIS relevant history of those paddle boards.
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If I take my inflatable boat to the Tetons, I am required to get a Wyoming state AIS inspection when I enter Wyoming and a federal AIS inspection when I enter Grand Teton Park which is in Wyoming. Am I also required to get it inspected at the AIS station when I enter Idaho on I-15 even though I do not plan to stop in Idaho? I guess the answer is yes to obey written rules. But seems excessive when I don’t plan to go near any water. Same issue if a person was moving from one state to another, the moving company truck would have to stop at every AIS station at every state border in route for another boat inspection of any inflatables you are having shipped. In addition to other questions, the main AIS questions asked will be date and place of last launch of your inflatable. At least in Wyoming, they will require you to have a paid for AIS license for each and every inflatable or kayak you are carrying. For the Tetons, you are required to have purchased and paid AIS licenses for each boat to both the state and the federal and you must carry all paperwork with you in your boat and present them when or if asked at any launch site.
What about river tubes? “Etc” is very ambiguous.