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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 33-5-1 - Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of this state to promote safety...
Section 33-5-2 - Applicability of Article. - The provisions of this article shall be applicable to all...
Section 33-5-3 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...
Section 33-5-4 - Division of Marine Police - Generally. - (a) It is hereby expressly made the duty of the...
Section 33-5-5 - Division of Marine Police - Marine Police Officers, etc., to Have Powers of Peace Officers. - In addition to all other power heretofore granted by law,...
Section 33-5-6 - Enforcement of Article. - This article shall be enforced by the Alabama State Law...
Section 33-5-7 - Records Kept Pursuant to Article. - All records of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,...
Section 33-5-8 - Commissioner to Supply Information to Federal Agencies. - The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall supply to...
Section 33-5-9 - Vessels to Be Registered and Numbered. - Every vessel on the waters of this state shall be...
Section 33-5-10 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - by Whom Issued; Issuance; Fees; Disposition of Funds. - (a) The agency shall issue annual certificates of registration directly...
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. - (a) The owner of each vessel requiring numbering by this...
Section 33-5-12 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Numbering System. - The numbering system employed pursuant to this chapter shall be...
Section 33-5-13 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Term of Certificates and Licenses. - (a) Every certificate and license as provided for in this...
Section 33-5-14 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Manufacturers' and Dealers' Vessels. - (a) The description of the vessel of a manufacturer or...
Section 33-5-15 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Foreign Vessels; Change of Ownership. - (a) Any vessel already covered by a number in full...
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. - (a) The owner shall furnish the Department of Conservation and...
Section 33-5-17 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Classification of Vessels; Registration Fees. - (a) Vessels subject to this article shall be classified according...
Section 33-5-18 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Only Authorized Number to Be Used. - No number other than the number awarded to the vessel...
Section 33-5-19 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Exemption From Numbering Provisions of Article. - A vessel shall not be required to be numbered under...
Section 33-5-20 - Special Agents to Sell Boat Licenses. - The sheriffs of this state may be designated as special...
Section 33-5-21 - Safety Provisions Relative to Boat Liveries. - The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources through its agents...
Section 33-5-22 - Safety Equipment and Lights; Flags; Capacity Plate; Flame Arrestor, etc., for Carburetor. - (a) Every vessel while being operated on the waters of...
Section 33-5-22.1 - "Sailboard" Defined; Hull Deemed Flotation Device. - (a) For the purposes of this section "sailboard" means any...
Section 33-5-23 - Muffling Devices and Sirens. - (a) The exhaust of every internal combustion engine used on...
Section 33-5-25 - Collisions, Accidents, and Casualties. - (a) It shall be the duty of the operator of...
Section 33-5-26 - Water Skis and Aquaplanes. - (a) No person shall operate a vessel on any waters...
Section 33-5-27 - Regattas, Races, Marine Parades, Tournaments and Exhibitions. - (a) The commissioner shall adopt and may from time to...
Section 33-5-28 - Rules and Regulations - Power of Commissioner to Promulgate. - The Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources...
Section 33-5-29 - Rules and Regulations - Filing and Publication. - A copy of the regulations adopted pursuant to this article,...
Section 33-5-30 - Rules and Regulations - Admissibility as Evidence. - All rules and regulations duly promulgated under the provisions of...
Section 33-5-31 - Local Regulation. - (a) The provisions of this article and rules and regulations...
Section 33-5-32 - Jurisdiction of Offenses; Disposition of Fines. - District courts of any county of the State of Alabama...
Section 33-5-33 - Fees in Certain Prosecutions. - In all misdemeanor cases for violations of the provisions of...
Section 33-5-34 - Fees of Arresting Officer. - When an arrest for violation of the provisions of this...
Section 33-5-35 - Penalty for Violations of Chapter Generally. - Any person convicted of violating any provision of this article,...
Section 33-5-36 - Warning Citations. - The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to...
Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.
Section 33-5-50 - Short Title. - This article shall be designated as the "Alabama Boating Safety...
Section 33-5-51 - Operation of Personal Watercraft. - (a) As used in this section, "personal watercraft" means a...
Section 33-5-52 - Boater Safety Certification Generally. - (a) Every person, except those specifically exempted by statutory enactment,...
Section 33-5-53 - Boater Safety Certification; Application Fee; Examinations; Exemptions. - (a) Every person who applies for a boater safety certification...
Section 33-5-54 - Issuance of Boater Safety Certification. - (a) Unless otherwise provided in this article, upon the installation...
Section 33-5-55 - Reports; Disposition of Funds. - At the close of business on Monday of each week,...
Section 33-5-56 - Certification to Bear Distinguishing Number, Color Photograph, Signature, and Other Identification Information; Notification on Motor Vehicle Driver or Learner License. - Each boater safety certification issued by the Department of Public...
Section 33-5-57 - Persons to Whom Boater Safety Certification Shall Not Be Issued. - (a) A boater safety certification may not be issued to...
Section 33-5-58 - Persons With Physical Disabilities or Impairments; Hearings. - (a) Any person with physical disabilities, a record of an...
Section 33-5-59 - Display of Certification Required. - Every holder of a boater safety certification shall have the...
Section 33-5-60 - Reciprocal Agreements With Other States. - The Director of Public Safety and Commissioner of Conservation and...
Section 33-5-61 - Restrictions for Persons Impaired From Physical Disabilities; Special Restricted Certification; Penalty for Violation of Restrictions. - (a) The Director of Public Safety, upon issuing a boater...
Section 33-5-62 - Rules and Regulations; Point System for Suspension or Revocation of Certifications. - The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may establish and...
Section 33-5-63 - Filing and Indexing Applications; Filing Accident Reports and Records of Convictions. - The Director of Public Safety shall file every application for...
Section 33-5-64 - Duplicates for Lost or Destroyed Certifications; Fees. - (a) In the event any boater safety certification issued under...
Section 33-5-65 - Reinstatement of Certification Following Cancellation, Suspension, or Revocation. - Any person whose boater safety certification has been cancelled, suspended,...
Section 33-5-66 - Violations; Penalties. - (a) Any person of whom a boater safety certification is...
Section 33-5-67 - Operation While Certification Is Cancelled, Suspended, or Revoked Prohibited; Penalties. - Any person whose boater safety certification or vessel operator's certification...
Section 33-5-68 - Application Fee; Retention by Department of Public Safety. - (a) Every applicant for an original boater safety certification shall...
Section 33-5-69 - Flotation Device; Exceptions. - (a) All persons under eight years of age on board...
Section 33-5-70 - Reckless Operation of Vehicle; Careless Operation; Violation of Rules and Regulations of Marine Police; Penalties. - (a) It is unlawful to operate a vessel in a...
Section 33-5-71 - Obstruction of Operator's View Prohibited; Penalties. - (a) It shall be unlawful for the operator of a...
Section 33-5-72 - Emergency Engine or Motor Shut-Off Switch. - (a) It shall be unlawful on the waters of this...
Section 33-5-73 - Operation of Vessel in Excess of Speed Zone Prohibited. - No person shall under any circumstances operate a vessel on...
Section 33-5-74 - Markers, Signs, and Buoys; Mooring or Fastening Vessel Prohibited; Damaging, Altering, or Moving Prohibited; Penalties. - (a) Except in case of emergency, no person shall moor...
Section 33-5-75 - Authority of Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources to Cancel Certification or to Suspend or Revoke Privilege of Operating Vessel; Procedures. - (a) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may cancel...
Section 33-5-76 - Authority to Arrest at Scene of Boating Accident. - A uniformed police officer, state trooper, state law enforcement officer,...
Section 33-5-77 - Violation of Federal Laws or Rules Regulating Engine Horsepower; Penalties; Effective Date. - (a) It shall be unlawful in this state for any...
Section 33-5-78 - "Vessel" Defined. - For the purposes of this article, the term "vessel" shall...
Section 33-5-79 - Rules and Regulations. - The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may implement and...
Section 33-5-80 - Exemption for Law Enforcement Officers While Performing Their Duties. - Law enforcement officers while performing their duties shall be exempt...
Section 33-5-81 - Boating Safety as Part of Driver Education Curricula. - The State Department of Education shall require a segment of...
Article 3 - Alteration or Removal of Identifying Information.
Section 33-5-100 - Unauthorized Alteration or Removal of Identification Number or Registration Information; Forfeiture. - (a) As used in this section, the following words have...