Bay River Houseboats

What are the laws regarding house boats as your main residence in Arkansas?

Where can I find more info? Can I just pick a quiet bay and drop anchor?

Public Comments

1. Typically, in Arkansas and most other states, your main residence is the place where a letter mailed to you could be delivered. You can't live in a post office box, so a PO Box address isn't a main residence. If you were to put the houseboat in a slip at the marina or in a lagoon or bay that you owned, you could call it your main residence, since each of those places can be assigned an address. There is no law against living in a houseboat, but there are trespassing laws. A quiet bay is owned by someone - a private property owner, the Arkansas Parks Department, the US Corps of Engineers, the Department of Natural Resources - somebody. What you'd need to do is get a detailed map of the place you plan to drop anchor and get permission from the owner to live there. - Stuart