Code of Virginia
Chapter 7 - Boating Laws
§ 29.1-738.3. Presumptions from alcohol or drug content

In any prosecution for operating a watercraft or motorboat that is underway in violation of clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subsection B of § 29.1-738, or of a similar ordinance of any county, city or town, the amount of alcohol or drugs in the blood of the accused at the time of the alleged offense as indicated by a chemical analysis of a sample of the accused's blood or breath to determine the alcohol or drug content of his blood (i) in accordance with the provisions of § 29.1-738.2 or (ii) performed by the Department of Forensic Science in accordance with the provisions of §§ 18.2-268.5, 18.2-268.6, and 18.2-268.7 on the suspect's whole blood drawn pursuant to a search warrant shall give rise to the rebuttable presumptions of subdivisions A 1 through 4 of § 18.2-269.
1989, c. 726; 1995, c. 130; 2005, c. 616; 2017, c. 623.

Structure Code of Virginia

Code of Virginia

Title 29.1 - Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating

Chapter 7 - Boating Laws

§ 29.1-700. Definitions

§ 29.1-701. Department to administer chapter; Motorboat Committee; funds for administration; records; rules and regulations

§ 29.1-701.1. Authority of Board to set fees

§ 29.1-702. Registration requirements; display of numbers; cancellation of certificate; exemption

§ 29.1-702.1. Making false affidavit or swearing falsely, perjury; penalty

§ 29.1-703. Identification numbers required; decals

§ 29.1-703.1. Temporary registration certificate; fee; application

§ 29.1-703.2. Designation of agents; compensation to agents; deposit of temporary registration certificate moneys

§ 29.1-704. Recording previously awarded numbers

§ 29.1-705. Change of ownership of motorboat; lost certificates

§ 29.1-706. Agents awarding numbers

§ 29.1-707. Records

§ 29.1-708. Transfer, destruction or abandonment of motorboat

§ 29.1-709. Change of address of certificate holder

§ 29.1-710. Exemption from numbering requirements

§ 29.1-711. Dealers and manufacturers of motorboats

§ 29.1-712. Repealed

§ 29.1-733.2. Definitions

§ 29.1-733.3. Applicability

§ 29.1-733.4. Supplemental principles of law and equity

§ 29.1-733.5. Law governing watercraft covered by certificate of title

§ 29.1-733.6. Certificate of title required

§ 29.1-733.7. Application for certificate of title

§ 29.1-733.8. Creation and cancellation of certificate of title

§ 29.1-733.9. Content of certificate of title

§ 29.1-733.10. Title brand

§ 29.1-733.11. Maintenance of and access to files

§ 29.1-733.12. Action required on creation of certificate of title

§ 29.1-733.13. Effect of certificate of title

§ 29.1-733.14. Effect of possession of certificate of title; judicial process; levy; penalty

§ 29.1-733.15. Perfection of security interest

§ 29.1-733.16. Termination statement; delivery of certificate of title; penalty

§ 29.1-733.17. Transfer of ownership

§ 29.1-733.18. Effect of missing or incorrect information

§ 29.1-733.19. Transfer of ownership by secured party's transfer statement

§ 29.1-733.20. Transfer by operation of law

§ 29.1-733.21. Application for transfer of ownership or termination of security interest without certificate of title

§ 29.1-733.22. Replacement certificate of title

§ 29.1-733.23. Rights of purchaser other than secured party

§ 29.1-733.24. Rights of secured party

§ 29.1-733.25. Acquiring title to an abandoned watercraft

§ 29.1-733.26. Duties and operation of the Department

§ 29.1-733.27. Uniformity of application and construction

§ 29.1-733.28. Relationship to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

§ 29.1-733.29. Savings clause

§ 29.1-734. Authorization for and placing of markers in waters of the Commonwealth used for public swimming areas; no motorboating, waterskiing in marked area

§ 29.1-734.1. Skin and scuba divers

§ 29.1-735. Regulations for vessel operation and equipment

§ 29.1-735.1. Board authorized to promulgate regulations for seaplanes

§ 29.1-735.2. Boating safety education required; Board to promulgate regulations

§ 29.1-735.3. Regulation of parasail operators

§ 29.1-736. Boat rentals; equipment; safety course

§ 29.1-737. Muffling devices

§ 29.1-738. Operating boat or manipulating water skis, etc., in reckless manner or while intoxicated, etc.

§ 29.1-738.01. Operating boat in an improper manner; penalty

§ 29.1-738.02. Persons under age twenty-one operating watercraft after illegally consuming alcohol; penalty

§ 29.1-738.03. Reckless operation of a personal watercraft

§ 29.1-738.1. Analysis of breath to determine alcohol content of blood

§ 29.1-738.2. Consent to blood or breath test

§ 29.1-738.3. Presumptions from alcohol or drug content

§ 29.1-738.4. Additional penalty for reckless or intoxicated operation of a watercraft or motorboat

§ 29.1-738.5. Participation in rehabilitation program

§ 29.1-738.6. When arrested person operating a vessel; how vessel removed from scene of arrest

§ 29.1-739. Duty of operator involved in collision, accident or other casualty; immunity from liability; report of collision, etc.; summons in lieu of arrest

§ 29.1-739.1. Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; attempts to elude; penalty

§ 29.1-739.2. Conservation police officers to patrol lakes

§ 29.1-740. Duty to stop and render assistance; penalties for violations

§ 29.1-741. Furnishing information to agency of United States

§ 29.1-742. Towing water skis, surfboards, etc.

§ 29.1-743. Repealed

§ 29.1-744. Local regulation; application for placement or removal of "no wake" buoys, etc.

§ 29.1-744.1. Repealed

§ 29.1-744.2. Repealed

§ 29.1-744.3. Slacken speed and control wakes near structures

§ 29.1-744.4. "Pass-through" zones; local ordinances; penalties

§ 29.1-745. Enforcement of chapter; vessels displaying Coast Guard inspection decal

§ 29.1-746. Penalties

§ 29.1-747. Repealed

§ 29.1-748. Restrictions on operation; penalty

§ 29.1-748.1. Local ordinances; operation on lakes; minimum distance from shoreline; penalty

§ 29.1-749. Owner of personal watercraft permitting violation; penalty

§ 29.1-749.1. Identification of personal watercraft rentals

§ 29.1-749.2. Local regulation of personal watercraft rentals; penalty

§ 29.1-749.3. Personal watercraft instruction; rental agents

§ 29.1-750. Exemptions