The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIV
VESSELS

Chapter 327
VESSEL SAFETY

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F.S. 327.56

327.56 Safety and marine sanitation equipment inspections; qualified.—

(1) No officer shall board any vessel to make a safety or marine sanitation equipment inspection if the owner or operator is not aboard. When the owner or operator is aboard, an officer may board a vessel with consent or when the officer has probable cause or knowledge to believe that a violation of a provision of this chapter has occurred or is occurring. An officer may board a vessel when the operator refuses or is unable to display the safety or marine sanitation equipment required by law, if requested to do so by a law enforcement officer, or when the safety or marine sanitation equipment to be inspected is permanently installed and is not visible for inspection unless the officer boards the vessel.

(2) Inspection of floating structures for compliance with this section shall be as provided in s. 403.091.

History.—s. 9, ch. 59-400; s. 14, ch. 63-105; s. 1, ch. 65-361; s. 11, ch. 84-188; s. 6, ch. 94-241; s. 954, ch. 95-148.

Note.—Former s. 371.58.

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Amendments to 327.56

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 327.56

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 327.56.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

ZIMMERMAN, v. STATE, 505 So. 2d 517 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . Section 327.56, Florida Statutes (1985). .Having acknowledged the correctness of the order denying the . . .

FLORIDA v. CASAL, 462 U.S. 637 (U.S. 1983)

. . . . §327.56 (1981). . . . Stat. §327.56 (1981). . . . Stat. § 327.56 (1981). In contrast, 19 U. S. . . .

C. SHERMAN v. STATE, 419 So. 2d 375 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . Now § 327.56, Florida Statutes (1981). . . . . Section 371.58, Florida Statutes (1979) (now Section 327.56, Florida Statutes (1981)), provides: No officer . . .