---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 117.75"
title: "46"
number: "117.75"
heading: "Life jacket lights."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/117.75"
---

# §117.75. Life jacket lights.

- (a) Each life jacket carried on a vessel on an oceans, coastwise, or Great Lakes route, must have a life jacket light approved in accordance with [Subpart 161.012](/cfr/46/subpart161.012.md) of this chapter. Each life jacket light must be securely attached to the front shoulder area of the life jacket.
- (b) Notwithstanding the requirements of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, life jacket lights are not required for life jackets on:
  - (1) Ferries; and
  - (2) Vessels with Certificates of Inspection endorsed only for routes that do not extend more than 20 miles from a harbor of safe refuge.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 911, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.