---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 175.110"
title: "33"
number: "175.110"
heading: "Visual distress signals required."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/175.110"
---

# §175.110. Visual distress signals required.

- (a) No person may use a boat 16 feet or more in length, or any boat operating as an uninspected passenger vessel subject to the requirements of [46 CFR chapter I](/cfr/46/chI.md), subchapter C, unless visual distress signals selected from the list in [§ 175.130](/cfr/33/175.130.md) or the alternatives in [§ 175.135](/cfr/33/175.135.md), in the number required, are onboard. Devices suitable for day use and devices suitable for night use, or devices suitable for both day and night use, must be carried.
- (b) Between sunset and sunrise, no person may use a boat less than 16 feet in length unless visual distress signals suitable for night use, selected from the list in [§ 175.130](/cfr/33/175.130.md) or [§ 175.135](/cfr/33/175.135.md), in the number required, are on board.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 76-183, 44 FR 73024, Dec. 17, 1979, as amended by USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34760, May 15, 2002]

### Source

Source: CGD 76-183, 44 FR 73024, Dec. 17, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: CGD 72-120R, 38 FR 8115, Mar. 28, 1973, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 76-183, 44 FR 73024, Dec. 17, 1979, as amended by USCG-1999-5040, 67 FR 34760, May 15, 2002]