Florida Statute 327.56 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXIV
VESSELS

Chapter 327
VESSEL SAFETY

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327.56 Safety and marine sanitation equipment inspections; probable cause; secondary offense.—

(1) An officer may not board any vessel or perform a vessel stop in this state unless the officer has probable cause to believe that a violation of this chapter has occurred or is occurring.

(2) An officer may not perform a vessel stop or board a vessel for the sole purpose of performing a safety or marine sanitation equipment inspection. A violation of safety or marine sanitation equipment requirements is a secondary offense, rather than a primary offense.

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; s. 2, ch. 2025-35.

Note.—Former s. 371.58.

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Total Results: 2

Zimmerman v. State

505 So. 2d 517, 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 12087, 12 Fla. L. Weekly 850

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 25, 1987 | Docket: 64626405

Published

and 328.07(5), Florida Statutes (1985). . Section 327.56, Florida Statutes (1985). .Having acknowledged

Sherman v. State

419 So. 2d 375, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21102

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 14, 1982 | Docket: 64592069

Published

suppress should therefore be reversed. . Now § 327.56, Florida Statutes (1981). . For the purposes

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