Alabama § 37-8-161 - Intoxication of Persons Employed Upon Railways or Vessels While Engaged in Discharge of Duties.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 37-8-161 — Intoxication of Persons Employed Upon Railways or Vessels While Engaged in Discharge of Duties., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 37-8-161. Intoxication of Persons Employed Upon Railways or Vessels While Engaged in Discharge of Duties.
Every person who, being employed upon any railway as engineer, conductor, baggage master, brakeman, switch tender, flagman or signal man or person having charge of stations or the starting, regulating or running of trains upon any railway, or being employed as captain, engineer or other officer of any vessel, shall be intoxicated while engaged in the discharge of any such duties, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Code of Alabama § 37-8-161 cover?
Section 37-8-161 ("Intoxication of Persons Employed Upon Railways or Vessels While Engaged in Discharge of Duties.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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