33 CFR 150.705 - What are the requirements for maintaining and inspecting aids to navigation?

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 12, 2026

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Feb 03, 2026

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§ 150.705 - What are the requirements for maintaining and inspecting aids to navigation?

(a) All aids to navigation must be maintained in proper operating condition at all times.

(b) The Coast Guard may inspect all aids to navigation at any time without notice.

authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(1)(C), (j)(5), (j)(6), (m)(2), 1509(a); 46 U.S.C. 70034; E.O. 12777, sec. 2; E.O. 13286, sec. 34, 68 FR 10619; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1

source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 33 CFR 150.705