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Tenn. Code Ann. § 69-9-402

Location, measurements 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. § 69-10-402; Acts 2007, ch. 185, §§ 16, 17.

(1) Any boats used as diver stations, diver support boats, or diver supply boats shall display the divers-down flag from their mast or flag staff during the dive. The divers-down flags shall be no smaller than twenty inches (20") by twenty-four inches (24"). Divers not associated with the boats shall display a divers-down flag no smaller than twelve inches (12") by twelve inches (12").

(2) After dark, divers shall illuminate divers-down flags to make them visible from at least three hundred feet (300').

(3) At all times such divers-down flags shall be visible from three hundred sixty degrees (360°).

(4) This section shall apply only to waterways customarily used by boat traffic.

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

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

(7) Third offense, a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

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.