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2025 Code of Alabama
Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.
Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.
Article 2 - Boating Safety Reform.
- Section 33-5-50 - Short Title.
- Section 33-5-51 - Operation of Personal Watercraft.
- Section 33-5-52 - Boater Safety Certification -- Required; Expiration and Renewal; Exemptions.
- Section 33-5-53 - Boater Safety Certification -- Application Fee; Examinations; Exemptions.
- Section 33-5-54 - Boater Safety Certification -- Issuance.
- Section 33-5-55 - Reports; Disposition of Funds.
- Section 33-5-56 - Certification to Bear Distinguishing Identification Information; Fees; Notification on Motor Vehicle Driver or Learner License.
- Section 33-5-57 - Persons to Whom Boater Safety Certification Shall Not Be Issued.
- Section 33-5-58 - Persons with Physical Disabilities or Impairments; Hearings.
- Section 33-5-59 - Display of Certification Required.
- Section 33-5-60 - Reciprocal Agreements with Other States.
- Section 33-5-61 - Restrictions for Individuals Impaired from Physical Disabilities; Special Restricted Certification; Penalty for Violation of Restrictions.
- Section 33-5-62 - Rulemaking Authority; Point System for Suspension or Revocation of Certifications; Violations.
- Section 33-5-63 - Filing and Indexing Applications; Filing Accident Reports and Records of Convictions.
- Section 33-5-64 - Duplicates for Lost or Destroyed Certifications; Fees.
- Section 33-5-65 - Reinstatement of Certification Following Cancellation, Suspension, or Revocation.
- Section 33-5-66 - Violations; Penalties.
- Section 33-5-66.1 - Appearance Upon Arrest for an Offense Committed on the Waters of the State.
- Section 33-5-66.2 - Rulemaking Authority; Schedule of Fines; Uniform Boating Traffic Ticket and Complaint.
- Section 33-5-67 - Operation While Certification Is Cancelled, Suspended, or Revoked Prohibited; Penalties.
- Section 33-5-68 - Application Fee; Retention by Department.
- Section 33-5-69 - Flotation Device; Exceptions.
- Section 33-5-70 - Reckless Operation of Vehicle; Careless Operation; Violation of Rules; Penalties.
- Section 33-5-71 - Obstruction of Operator’s View Prohibited.
- Section 33-5-72 - Engine Cut-Off Switch and Engine Cut-Off Switch Link.
- Section 33-5-73 - Operation of Vessel in Excess of Speed Zone Prohibited.
- Section 33-5-74 - Markers, Signs, and Buoys; Mooring or Fastening Vessel Prohibited; Damaging, Altering, or Moving Prohibited; Violations.
- 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.
- Section 33-5-76 - Authority to Arrest at Scene of Boating Accident.
- Section 33-5-77 - Operating a Vessel Powered Beyond the Manufacturer’s Capacity Plate; Violations.
- Section 33-5-78 - “Vessel” Defined.
- Section 33-5-79 - Rulemaking Authority.
- Section 33-5-80 - Exemption for Law Enforcement Officers While Performing Their Duties.
- Section 33-5-81 - Boating Safety as Part of Driver Education Curricula.
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