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AL Code § 33-4-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 4 - Pilots and Pilotage.|Article 2 - Pilots Generally.|Section 33-4-54 - Vessels Required to Take Pilots.

Section 33-4-54Vessels required to take pilots. All steam or sail vessels crossing the outer bar of Mobile Bay, except those exempt under this chapter, shall be conducted, controlled or navigated by a pilot licensed by or under authority of the laws of the State of Alabama, if the services of a pilot are seasonably tendered or are seasonably available and shall be required to pay the full amount of pilotage now provided by law. (Acts 1931, No. 81, p. 154, §40; Code 1940, T. 38, §82.)
AL Code § 33-4-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 4 - Pilots and Pilotage.|Article 2 - Pilots Generally.|Section 33-4-55 - Pilot Boats Must Offer Services to Vessels Nearest Bar.

Section 33-4-55Pilot boats must offer services to vessels nearest bar. Every pilot boat cruising or standing out to sea must offer service of a pilot to the vessel nearest the bar, unless a vessel more distant is in distress, under penalty of $50.00 for every neglect or refusal to approach such nearest vessel, to aid her if required, or to aid a vessel in sight showing signals of distress, and the commissioners may deprive a pilot so offending of his license. (Acts 1931, No. 81, p. 154, §34; Code 1940, T. 38, §79.)
AL Code § 33-4-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 4 - Pilots and Pilotage.|Article 2 - Pilots Generally.|Section 33-4-56 - Delivery of Orders and Letters by Pilot.

Section 33-4-56Delivery of orders and letters by pilot. It is the duty of every outer-bar pilot to deliver to the master of any and every vessel approaching the Bay or Harbor of Mobile, as soon as he can board such vessel, all orders and letters which may be sent him for that purpose, on the person who requires the delivery of such letters paying or securing to the pilot $20.00 for such service, unless the pilot so employed to deliver such orders and letters is engaged as pilot for the vessel, in which event he is entitled to $5.00 for such service. (Acts 1931, No. 81, p. 154, §35; Code 1940, T. 38, §80.)
AL Code § 33-4-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 4 - Pilots and Pilotage.|Article 2 - Pilots Generally.|Section 33-4-57 - Report of Unlawful Discharge of Ballast, Sweepings, Rubbish, etc., in Bay, Etc.

Section 33-4-57Report of unlawful discharge of ballast, sweepings, rubbish, etc., in bay, etc. Every pilot, having knowledge of the discharge of ballast, sweepings, screenings, cinders, refuse and rubbish of any kind in the Bay of Mobile or in any river emptying into the same, contrary to the law, must, as soon as practicable, give information thereof to the district attorney of Mobile County. (Acts 1931, No. 81, p. 154; Code 1940, T. 38, §72.)
AL Code § 33-5-1 (2021)
2021 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 33-5-1Declaration of policy. It is the policy of this state to promote safety for persons and property in and connected with the use, operation and equipment of vessels used on the waters of this state and to promote uniformity of laws relating thereto. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §1.)
AL Code § 33-5-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-2 - Applicability of Article.

Section 33-5-2Applicability of article. The provisions of this article shall be applicable to all vessels as herein defined, navigating the waters within the jurisdiction of this state, except where inconsistent with any laws or regulations of the United States, in which case such laws or regulations shall prevail. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §2.)
AL Code § 33-5-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-3 - Definitions.

Section 33-5-3Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) VESSEL. Every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane, capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water, but such term shall not include vessels 12 feet in length or less when used solely on farm ponds of less than 50 acres in size. (2) WATERS OF THIS STATE. Any waters within the territorial limits of this state and the marginal sea adjacent to this state and the high seas when navigated as a part of a journey or ride to and from the shore of this state; provided, however, that "waters of this state" shall not be interpreted to mean any private pond which is not used for boat rentals or the charging of fees for fishing therein. (3) OWNER. A person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vessel. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a vessel subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security. (4) PERSON. An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association or other entity. (5) OPERATE. To navigate or otherwise use a vessel. (6) COMMISSIONER. The commissioner of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (7) STATE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES or DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES. That department created by the laws of this state having supervision over game, fish, forestry, parks, seafoods and such lands of the state and such supervision over public waters of this state as now are constituted by law or any subsequent amendment thereto. (8) CERTIFICATE. Registration by a vessel owner with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, including the issuance of an identifying number awarded each vessel and the issuance of a pocket-size certificate of registration. (9) LENGTH. Such term means measured from end to end over the deck excluding sheer. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §3; Acts 1961, No. 878, p. 1377, §1; Acts 1969, No. 1058, p. 1978, §1.)
AL Code § 33-5-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-4 - Division of Marine Police - Generally.

Section 33-5-4Division of Marine Police - Generally. (a) It is hereby expressly made the duty of the commissioner to set up a division within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to be known as the "Division of Marine Police" with sufficient personnel to perform the necessary clerical and routine work for the department in issuing, handling and recording vessel registration identifying numbers, including the receiving and accounting of all registration fees and payments of same into the State Treasury, receiving and recording accident reports and making such reports of such accidents to such federal agency as may be required by federal law and such other incidental clerical work connected with the administration of this article. (b) The law-enforcement officers of the Division of Marine Police of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall be known as marine police officers. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §4; Acts 1971, No. 905, p. 1669, §1.)
AL Code § 33-5-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-5 - Division of Marine Police - Marine Police Officers, etc., to Have Powers of Peace Officers.

Section 33-5-5Division of Marine Police - Marine police officers, etc., to have powers of peace officers. In addition to all other power heretofore granted by law, marine police officers and all other Department of Conservation and Natural Resources enforcement officers shall have the power of peace officers in this state and may exercise such powers anywhere within the state. (Acts 1971, No. 905, p. 1669, §2.)
AL Code § 33-5-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-6 - Enforcement of Article.

Section 33-5-6Enforcement of article. This article shall be enforced by the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, Division of Marine Police, by all law enforcement officers of the state, and by other agents and employees of the agency as designated and required by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §5; Act 2021-447, §2.)
AL Code § 33-5-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-7 - Records Kept Pursuant to Article.

Section 33-5-7Records kept pursuant to article. All records of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, probate judge or license commissioner made or kept pursuant to this article shall be public records, except confidential reports and except accident reports as set out in this article. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §12.)
AL Code § 33-5-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-8 - Commissioner to Supply Information to Federal Agencies.

Section 33-5-8Commissioner to supply information to federal agencies. The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources shall supply to any authorized official or agency of the United States, upon such agency's or official's request and in accordance with any federal law or regulation relative thereto, necessary information pertaining to statistics and reports compiled under the provisions of this article. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §23.)
AL Code § 33-5-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-9 - Vessels to Be Registered and Numbered.

Section 33-5-9Vessels to be registered and numbered. Every vessel on the waters of this state shall be registered and numbered. No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of any vessel on such waters unless the vessel is registered and numbered with the identifying number set forth in the certificate of registration displayed on each side of the bow of such vessel, or in accordance with applicable federal law or in accordance with a federally approved numbering system of another state, and unless the certificate of number awarded to such vessel is in full force and effect. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §7.)
AL Code § 33-5-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-10 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - by Whom Issued; Issuance; Fees; Disposition of Funds.

Section 33-5-10Certificates of registration and numbers generally - By whom issued; issuance; fees; disposition of funds. (a) The agency shall issue annual certificates of registration directly and shall authorize all judges of probate in the state or any other official in the state who is presently authorized to issue automobile license plates to issue annual certificates of registration and numbers in connection therewith. In conformity with this article and any rules adopted by the agency, the agency shall assign to each issuing officer in the county a block of numbers and certificates therefor which upon issue, the issuing officer shall be allowed a fee of two dollars ($2) for each certificate issued by him or her. In counties where the judge of probate or issuing officer is on the fee system, the issuing fee shall be retained by the judge of probate, and, in counties where the issuing officer or judge of probate is on a salary basis, the fee shall be paid to the county treasury. The issuance fee provided for herein shall be in addition to the amount of the boat registration fee. (b) All registration money, except the two dollar ($2) fee allowed under subsection (a), shall be remitted monthly to the agency not later than 10 days after the first of each month. The agency shall remit the registration money to the State Treasurer to be deposited in the State Water Safety Fund. (c) All monies received out of the sale of licenses under this article may be used by the agency for all purposes reasonably necessary in the cost of administration of this article, including the printing of certificates of registration, postage and transportation charges, clerical, personnel, equipment purchases, salaries, and other expenses for each year; except, that no funds collected under this article may be used to supplement or pay the salaries of any law enforcement officers other than those hired specifically for the purposes of administering this article. The secretary shall expend the monies appropriated to the Marine Police Division as the secretary deems necessary and appropriate; provided, however, that the appropriations may be expended only for the purposes designated by the Legislature and in the amounts provided therefor in the general appropriation bill and shall be budgeted and allotted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41. It is the intent of the Legislature that the agency utilize existing personnel and equipment of the agency and of the sheriffs of this state to the maximum possible extent in enforcing and administering this article, to the end that there be no costly duplication of services. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §6; Acts 1961, No. 878, p. 1377, §2; Acts 1969, No. 1059, p. 1979, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-700, p. 1244, §1; Acts 1984, No. 84-446, p. 1040, §6; Act 2007-420, p. 896, §1; Act 2021-447, §2.)
AL Code § 33-5-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-12 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Numbering System.

Section 33-5-12Certificates of registration and numbers generally - Numbering system. The numbering system employed pursuant to this chapter shall be determined and promulgated by the Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources acting pursuant to the authority conferred on him by Section 33-5-28; provided, that in the event an agency of the United States government shall have in force an overall system of identification numbering for vessels within the United States, any numbering system employed or promulgated pursuant to this article shall conform thereto. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §11.)
AL Code § 33-5-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-13 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Term of Certificates and Licenses.

Section 33-5-13Certificates of registration and numbers generally - Term of certificates and licenses. (a) Every certificate and license as provided for in this article is to be issued on a yearly basis and said certificate and license shall be valid for one issuing year only. (b) The registration of vessels shall be on a staggered basis. To implement this article, the registration of vessels may be for periods of less than or greater than 12 months during the conversion year only. (c) The staggered system for registration of vessels shall be implemented thusly: The first letter of an individual's last name shall determine the month in which a vessel owner shall register his vessel(s), as indicated below: JanuaryA, DFebruaryBMarchC, EAprilF, G, NMayH, OJuneM, IJulyP, LAugustJ, K, RSeptemberQ, S, TOctoberU, V, W, X, Y, Z, to include livery boats, dealers, and manufacturers After the conversion period all owners of vessels shall continue to register their vessels during the month assigned to the first initial of their last name. All registrations issued on a staggered basis shall expire on the last day of the month which precedes the month assigned for the purchase or renewal of registration. All registrations issued to vessels for which registration is due in October and November shall expire on September 30. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §13; Acts 1988, No. 88-552, p. 868, §1.)
AL Code § 33-5-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-14 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Manufacturers' and Dealers' Vessels.

Section 33-5-14Certificates of registration and numbers generally - Manufacturers' and dealers' vessels. (a) The description of the vessel of a manufacturer or dealer shall be omitted from the certificate since the number awarded may be used on different vessels at different times. In lieu of the description, the word "manufacturer" or "dealer," as appropriate, shall be plainly marked on each certificate. (b) The manufacturer or dealer may have the number awarded printed upon or attached to a removable sign or signs to be temporarily but firmly mounted upon or attached to the vessel being demonstrated or tested so long as the display meets the requirements of this article. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §9.)
AL Code § 33-5-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 33-5-15 - Certificates of Registration and Numbers Generally - Foreign Vessels; Change of Ownership.

Section 33-5-15Certificates of registration and numbers generally - Foreign vessels; change of ownership. (a) Any vessel already covered by a number in full force and effect which has been awarded to it pursuant to the operative federal law or federally approved numbering system of another state may be operated on the waters of this state for a period of 90 consecutive days without being licensed under the provisions of this article. Any vessel operating for more than 90 consecutive days must then be registered and licensed in the same manner as other vessels are required to be licensed under this article. (b) Should the ownership of a vessel change, a new application form with a fee of three dollars ($3) for change in registration shall be filed with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and a new certificate issued transferring the original vessel number to the new owner; provided, however, that the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources may at his or her discretion provide by duly promulgated regulations a system for the issuance of such changes of registration by the probate judges and license commissioners of this state, and, in the event such change of registration certificates are issued by such probate judges and license commissioners, they shall be entitled to a fee therefor of two dollars ($2). (c) No citizen or resident of this state may operate his or her vessel on the waters of this state when such vessel is under foreign registry; provided, however, that any such citizen or resident who has previously registered his or her vessel in another state or by federal registry before coming into this state may operate same for a period of 90 consecutive days without being required to register under the provisions of this article. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §10; Acts 1965, No. 787, p. 1473, §1; Act 2007-420, p. 896, §1.)
AL Code § 33-5-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.|Chapter 5 - Registration and Operation of Vessels.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|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.

Section 33-5-16Certificates 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 Natural Resources notice of the transfer of all or any part of his or her interest other than the creation of a security interest in a vessel numbered in this state pursuant to this article or of the destruction or abandonment of such vessel within 15 days thereof. Such transfer, destruction, or abandonment shall terminate the certificate for such vessel; except, that in the case of a transfer of a part interest which does not affect the owner's right to operate such vessel, such transfer shall not terminate the certificate. (b) Any holder of a certificate shall notify the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources within 15 days if his or her address no longer conforms to the address appearing on the certificate and shall, as a part of such notification, furnish the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources with his or her new address. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources may provide in its rules and regulations for the surrender of the certificate bearing the former address and its replacement with a certificate bearing the new address or for the alteration of an outstanding certificate to show the new address of the holder. (c) Any person who has purchased a registration number for his or her vessel and subsequently loses or misplaces the registration certificate may make application to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, accompanied by a fee of three dollars ($3) for a duplicate registration certificate. Such applications must be made upon forms furnished by the Division of Marine Police of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (d) The Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources is authorized to provide by duly promulgated regulation a system wherein the probate judges and license commissioners in this state may issue duplicate registration certificates, and, in the event such probate judges and license commissioners issue such duplicate registration certificates, they shall be entitled to a fee of two dollars ($2) for each duplicate certificate. (Acts 1959, No. 576, p. 1442, §14; Acts 1961, No. 878, p. 1377, §3; Acts 1965, No. 787, p. 1473, §2; Act 2007-420, p. 896, §1.)