(a) It shall be the duty of the operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty, so far as he or she can do so without serious danger to his or her own vessel, crew, and passengers, if any, to render to other persons affected by the collision, accident, or other casualty assistance as may be practicable and as may be necessary in order to save them from or minimize any danger caused by the collision, accident, or other casualty, and also to give his or her name, address, and identification of his or her vessel in writing to any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged in the collision, accident, or other casualty.
(b) In the case of collision, accident, or other casualty involving a vessel, the operator thereof, if the collision, accident, or other casualty results in death or injury to a person or damage to property in excess of two thousand dollars ($2,000), shall within 10 days file with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources a full description of the collision, accident, or other casualty, including such information as the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by regulation may require.
(c) All accident reports required by this section made by persons involved in accidents shall be without prejudice to the individuals so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or other governmental agencies having use of the record; except, that the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when the identity is not otherwise known or when the person denies his or her presence at the accident. No report shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident; except, that the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall furnish upon demand of any person who has made, or claims to have made, such a report, or upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirements that a report be made to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Structure 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 33-5-4 - Division of Marine Police - Generally.
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 33-5-12 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Numbering System.
Section 33-5-20 - Special Agents to Sell Boat Licenses.
Section 33-5-21 - Safety Provisions Relative to Boat Liveries.
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.