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Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-9-401

Display, use and illumination of divers-down flags

Known as the Tennessee Boating Safety Act

The act spans §§ 69–69 (49 sections).

Acts 1984, ch. 732, § 2; T.C.A. § 69-10-401.

(1) All divers shall prominently display a divers-down flag in the area in which they are diving when diving in an area other than one customarily used for swimming only.

(2) Divers shall not display a divers-down flag any longer than thirty (30) minutes before and after the dive.

(3) Divers shall surface within fifty feet (50') of the divers-down flag.

(4) When diving after dusk, divers shall illuminate the divers-down flag to make it visible from at least three hundred feet (300').

(5) No one shall use a divers-down flag to stop, limit, or otherwise affect the flow of water traffic.

(6) Violations of this section shall be punished as follows: First offense, a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

(7) Second offense, a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00); and

(8) Third offense, a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) and up to six (6) months imprisonment.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.