The only area of protection that boat owners share with their friends who rent a house inland is the prohibition of retaliatory eviction. A marina cannot evict a tenant solely in retaliation for the tenant`s exercise of a legal right. We sometimes see such things when a tenant reports a marina operator for some form of illegal activity on the marina property and the marina responds by evicting the tenant. But this is extremely rare. >>I also need to know where to find the real law they claim. What is > definition of “houseboat”? Can I distinguish between > this and a floating house? The state in question is South Carolina. I want > find the necessary information without having to hire a lawyer.>NO boat is now licensed as a cruise ship on a private dock in South Carolina. Sailboats, motor boats, houseboats, make no difference. I just spent an hour searching the silly websites of SC state bureaucrats to find the law.

and couldn`t. It must be an obscure regulation on coastal resource management. www.state.sc.us died tonight. Nothing answers it. The laws of the SC state are under www.lpitr.state.sc.us and it works that way. The search for bills, laws, regulations (which does not work at all), etc. is chaotic, archaic and above all idiotic. If you contact them to suggest they buy AltaVista, they are only on the defensive because all these wonderful IT bureaucrats can`t get a decent job in IT.

The SC boating laws to save you a few hours are Title 50 Section 21 on the lpitr website. All the bills that relate to how the HUGE changes that they are coming and changing about recreational boating that are in the current 99 bills are very difficult to extract. I`m sure the confounding factor is intentionally built in to prevent the general population from understanding what`s really going on in Colombia, as usual… damn. Disclaimer – I`m an idiot. I am not a lawyer. Nothing written in this article is worth considering. Treating any of the advice or statements in this article as legal fact without consulting a lawyer would require poor judgment on your part. I am not claiming legitimacy or legal correctness.

Consider the following fictitious statements and all statements must be verified by a lawyer to apply to your situation. I have an argument with my marina. I`m a legal cruise ship and I`ve been going back and forth to the hospital a lot over the past year, but I`ve paid my monthly receipt fees like clockwork. Last month, I received a 30-day notice to delete my note, but no reason was given for the eviction. I know I have rights as a cruise ship, but I think they should provide a reason for deportation, regardless of my cruise ship status, especially in a case like mine where I`m not late with renting my slip. What are my legal options in such a case where my rights have clearly been violated? It`s a sad story. This advice was also wrong. There is a precedent to prove this. “Boat” means any privately owned or owned ship or owned by the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions, whether around oars, paddles, sails or other propulsion mechanisms on board or outboard, or any other ship or structure floating on the water in the Commonwealth of Virginia; whether or not it is capable of locomotion, including, but not limited to, cruisers; Cabin cruisers, runabouts, barges and barges. Exempt from this definition are merchant ships, passenger ships, and cargo vessels subject to the U.S. Public Health Service quarantine order issued under Title 42 of the United States Code, as well as U.S. government vessels or vessels and vessels that are tendered for larger vessels moored or stored in the same facility.

I have found that the term “living on board” has no legal meaning. This is what the term “residential buildings” does, especially when applied to “houseboats” and berths. >>I also need to know where to find the real law they claim. What is > definition of “houseboat”? Can I distinguish between > this and a floating house? The state in question is South Carolina. I want > find the necessary information without having to hire a lawyer.> cruise is a colloquial term that (probably) fits living and as such shares a definition. A mobile boat is not legally recognized as “housing” for housing tax purposes, but it is for benefit purposes. I guess (dangerous!) there is no definition of life on board. This varies from state to state and, unfortunately, it won`t be clear in most.

As I`ve mentioned in several articles, asking cruise questions will result in an unqualified “no” answer, but if you just do it and don`t post it, you`ll be fine. Mr. Thomas A. Bustin Attorney for the City of Clearwater Post Office P.O. Box Box 4748 Clearwater, Florida 33518-4748 RE: MUNICIPALITIES – Boats and Boating Dear Mr. Bustin, I am writing in response to your request for advice on the following main questions: 1. Are vessels used as a person`s principal residence “live ships” within the meaning of subsection 327.60(2), Q.S., Even if they can also be used recreationally? 2. What navigational rights can a municipality not regulate under section 327.60.2 F.S. if they are exercised by ships that are not on board? To the extent that both questions concern the application of § 327.60 Abs. 2 F.S., your questions are related and will be answered jointly. Their application states that the City of Clearwater maintains a Marine Patrol that regulates local vessel traffic and enforces state laws governing maritime activities.

They further assert that city officials have had considerable difficulty in enforcing the provisions of section 327.60(2)(F.S. because it is extremely difficult to determine whether a ship is a `live ship` within the meaning of this Act.” In addition, “municipal officials are unable to understand when non-living persons on board ships participate in the exercise of navigation rights and are therefore beyond the jurisdiction of municipal authorities.” With respect to the definition of “live ship” in § 327.02 (13), F. S. (1984 Supp.), you ask in particular whether “the occasional recreational use normally associated with a ship, including a barge, removes the jurisdiction of local authorities?” Finally, with regard to the exercise of navigation rights by vessels that do not live on board, you state that municipal authorities have doubts about their power to regulate the mooring and anchoring of these vessels. Section 327.60 F.A. states: “327.60 Local by-laws; (1) The provisions of sections 327.01 to 327.11, 327.13 to 327.16, 327.18, 327.19, 327.28, 327.30 to 327.40, 327.44 to 327.51, 327.54, 327.56 and 327.65 govern the operation, equipment and any other related matter when a ship is operated on waterways or when an activity is regulated on waterways. Nothing in these sections shall be construed as precluding the passing of any local ordinance or law with respect to the operation and equipment of ships, except that no local ordinance or law may be enforced with respect to the Florida Intracoastal Waterway and such local ordinances or laws shall not come into force except if: they are not contrary to this Chapter, its amendments or provisions.