Code of Alabama - Title 33: Navigation and Watercourses - Chapter 5A - Abandoned and Derelict Vessels

• Section 33-5A-1 Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ABANDONED VESSEL. A vessel left unattended for four or more weeks...
• Section 33-5A-2 Removal
  (a) A law enforcement officer may request a service to remove a vessel from public property under any of the following circumstances: (1) The vessel...
• Section 33-5A-3 Duty
  (a) Except as provided in Section 33-5A-5, a person who removes a vessel pursuant to this chapter shall do all of the following: (1) Give...
• Section 33-5A-4 Liens and fees; sale
  Except for vessels subject to Section 33-5A-5: (1) A person who removes, stores, or sells a vessel in accordance with this chapter shall have a...
• Section 33-5A-5 Disposal of certain abandoned and derelict vessels
  (a)(1) The agency, without a court order, may sell by negotiation, dispose of as junk, donate, or destroy an abandoned or derelict vessel that is...
• Section 33-5A-6 Proceeds of the sale
  The proceeds of the sale of an abandoned or derelict vessel shall be distributed by the agency as follows: (1) The reasonable fees and costs...
• Section 33-5A-7 Right to contest sale
  (a) The current owners, registrants, secured parties, and lienholders of record of a vessel may contest the sale of a vessel by filing a notice...
• Section 33-5A-8 Right of redemption
  (a) Where a vessel, or an interest in a vessel, is sold under this chapter, the vessel may be redeemed by any of the following:...
• Section 33-5A-9 Alabama Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Fund
  (a) There is established a special fund within the State Treasury to be known as the Alabama Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Fund. (b) The fund...
• Section 33-5A-10 Unattended vessel check
  (a) A law enforcement officer may perform an unattended vessel check on a vessel that has been left unattended on public property. The unattended vessel...
• Section 33-5A-11 Refusal or failure to remove derelict vessel
  (a) It is unlawful for a person who is the owner of a derelict vessel to refuse or fail to remove the derelict vessel from...
• Section 33-5A-12 Rulemaking authority
  The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency may adopt rules for the implementation and administration of this chapter.

Last modified: May 3, 2021