Code of Alabama
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 33-5-23 - Muffling Devices and Sirens.

(a) The exhaust of every internal combustion engine used on any vessel shall be effectively muffled by equipment so constructed and used as to muffle the noise of the exhaust in a reasonable manner. The use of cutouts is prohibited, except for vessels competing in a regatta or official boat race, and for such vessels while on trial runs.
(b) No person shall use or have on board his vessel a siren of any type while operating on the waters of this state except as may be specifically allowed by the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources for enforcement purposes.

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Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.

Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

Section 33-5-1 - Declaration of Policy.

Section 33-5-2 - Applicability of Article.

Section 33-5-3 - Definitions.

Section 33-5-4 - Division of Marine Police - Generally.

Section 33-5-5 - Division of Marine Police - Marine Police Officers, etc., to Have Powers of Peace Officers.

Section 33-5-6 - Enforcement of Article.

Section 33-5-7 - Records Kept Pursuant to Article.

Section 33-5-8 - Commissioner to Supply Information to Federal Agencies.

Section 33-5-9 - Vessels to Be Registered and Numbered.

Section 33-5-10 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - by Whom Issued; Issuance; Fees; Disposition of Funds.

Section 33-5-11 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Application for and Issuance of Certificate and Number; Certificate Requirements; Distinctive Identification Stickers; Replacement Stickers; Fees; Rules.

Section 33-5-12 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Numbering System.

Section 33-5-13 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Term of Certificates and Licenses.

Section 33-5-14 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Manufacturers' and Dealers' Vessels.

Section 33-5-15 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Foreign Vessels; Change of Ownership.

Section 33-5-16 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Transfer of Interest or Destruction or Abandonment of Vessel; Change of Address; Duplicate Registration Certificates.

Section 33-5-17 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Classification of Vessels; Registration Fees.

Section 33-5-18 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Only Authorized Number to Be Used.

Section 33-5-19 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Exemption From Numbering Provisions of Article.

Section 33-5-20 - Special Agents to Sell Boat Licenses.

Section 33-5-21 - Safety Provisions Relative to Boat Liveries.

Section 33-5-22 - Safety Equipment and Lights; Flags; Capacity Plate; Flame Arrestor, etc., for Carburetor.

Section 33-5-22.1 - "Sailboard" Defined; Hull Deemed Flotation Device.

Section 33-5-23 - Muffling Devices and Sirens.

Section 33-5-25 - Collisions, Accidents, and Casualties.

Section 33-5-26 - Water Skis and Aquaplanes.

Section 33-5-27 - Regattas, Races, Marine Parades, Tournaments and Exhibitions.

Section 33-5-28 - Rules and Regulations - Power of Commissioner to Promulgate.

Section 33-5-29 - Rules and Regulations - Filing and Publication.

Section 33-5-30 - Rules and Regulations - Admissibility as Evidence.

Section 33-5-31 - Local Regulation.

Section 33-5-32 - Jurisdiction of Offenses; Disposition of Fines.

Section 33-5-33 - Fees in Certain Prosecutions.

Section 33-5-34 - Fees of Arresting Officer.

Section 33-5-35 - Penalty for Violations of Chapter Generally.

Section 33-5-36 - Warning Citations.