29.1-738.6 - When arrested person operating a vessel; how vessel removed from scene of arrest. - Virginia Statutes

§ 29.1-738.6. When arrested person operating a vessel; how vessel removedfrom scene of arrest.

In any case in which a law enforcement officer arrests the operator of avessel, and there is no legal cause for the retention of the vessel by theofficer, the officer shall allow the person arrested to designate anotherperson who is present at the scene of the arrest to operate the vessel fromthe scene to a place designated by the person arrested. If such a designationis not made, the officer may cause the vessel to be taken to the nearestappropriate place for safekeeping.

(1997, c. 152.)