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2019 Code of Alabama
Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.
Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.
Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.
Section 33-5-76 - Authority to arrest at scene of boating accident.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 33-5-76 (2019)
Section 33-5-76Authority to arrest at scene of boating accident.
A uniformed police officer, state trooper, state law enforcement officer, state marine police officer, county sheriff, a deputy, or a member of a municipal police force, may arrest, at the scene of a boating accident, any operator of a boat or vessel involved in the accident if upon personal investigation, including information from eyewitnesses, the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person, by violating Section 32-5A-191.3, contributed to the accident. The law enforcement officer may arrest the person without a warrant although the officer did not personally see the violation.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §30.)
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