---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 149.308"
title: "33"
number: "149.308"
heading: "What are the requirements for liferafts?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/149.308"
---

# §149.308. What are the requirements for liferafts?

- (a) Each liferaft must be an inflatable liferaft approved under approval series 160.151, or a rigid liferaft approved under approval series 160.118.
- (b) Except as under [§ 149.305(b)](/cfr/33/149.305.md?p=b) of this subpart, each inflatable or rigid liferaft, boarded from a deck that is more than 4.5 meters (14.75 feet) above the water, must be davit-launched or served by a marine evacuation system complying with [§ 149.309](/cfr/33/149.309.md) to this subpart.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504, 1509; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

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