RESIDENCE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Each local Little League determines the actual geographic boundaries of the area from within
which it shall select players. These boundaries must be described in detail and shown on a map
and dated when making application for a Little League charter. Players will be eligible to play
with that league only if they reside within the boundaries provided to and approved by Little League Baseball, Incorporated.
A player will be deemed to reside within the league boundaries if:
A. His/her parents are living together and are residing within such league boundaries, OR;
B. Either of the player’s parents (or his/her court-appointed legal guardian) resides within such boundaries. It is unacceptable if a parent moves into a league’s boundaries for the purpose of qualifying for tournament play. “Residence,” “reside” and “residing” refers to a place of bona fide continuous habitation. A place of residence once established shall not be considered changed unless the parents, parent or guardian makes a bona fide change of residence.
Residence shall be established and supported by documents from THREE OR MORE of the
following categories to determine residency of such parent(s) or guardian:
1. Driver’s License
2. Voter’s Registration
3. School records
4. Welfare/child care records
5. Federal records
6. State records
7. Local (municipal) records
8. Support payment records
9. Homeowner or tenant records
10. Utility bills (i.e., gas, electric, water/sewer, phone, mobile phone, heating, waste disposal)
11. Financial (loan, credit, investments, etc.) records
12. Insurance documents
13. Medical records
14. Military records
15. Internet, cable or satellite records
16. Vehicle records
Note: Example – Three utility bills (three items from No. 10 above) constitute only ONE document.
It is recommended that the league require some proof of residence within the league’s boundaries
at the time the player registers. Players and their parents/guardians are advised that a false
statement of residence may lead to ineligibility to play Little League Baseball or Softball. Under
NO circumstances does ANY person have the authority to grant a waiver that allows a child
to play in a local Little League program IN ANY DIVISION, when that child does not qualify
under these residency requirements.
If the claim for residency is challenged, three of the above materials must be submitted to Little
League Baseball, Incorporated, with an affidavit of residency from the parent(s) or guardian,
which shall decide the issue, and that decision will final and binding. Residency documents must
illustrate that the residence (as defined above) was inside the league’s boundaries for at least onehalf
of the regular season (as of June 15 of the year in question).

Tournament Requirement for Non-Citizens: A participant who is not a citizen of the country in
which he/she wishes to play, but meets residency requirements as defined by Little League, may
participate in that country if:
1. his/her visa allows that participant to remain in that country for a period of at least one year, or;
2. the prevailing laws allow that participant to remain in that country for at least one year, or;
3. he participant has an established bona fide residence in that country for at least two years
prior to the start of the regular season.
Exceptions can only be made by action of the Charter Committee in Williamsport. Any request
for a waiver pertaining to the eligibility of a player must be submitted in writing, by the president
of the local Little League through the district administrator, to their respective Regional Director
not later than the date prescribed in Regulation IV (j). Requests submitted after that date will not
be considered.