Iowa requires registration of kayaks and canoes. I believe the actual registration is left up to each county, that each county sets its own fees, and that paddlers from non-registration states are expected to contact the appropriate Iowa county and register. Every craft is required to exhibit all the 3" federal numbers plus a large sticker, so that one has at least 23 stick-ons plastered all over the boat. Enforcement rests with local DNR agents. The law magnanimously exempts replicas of Native American craft from displaying the numbers, but the DNR interprets that to mean your canoe must actually be made from birchbark or your kayak from sealskin! If you come from a non-registration state, these onerous requirements are certainly an impediment. Rick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 30 2000 - 13:24:16 PDT
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