Boating While Intoxicated Lawyer in Plano

Plano BWI Attorney

Boating While Intoxicated is quite a serious charge to face. If you have been arrested for being drunk while operating a boat in the Plano area, it is advised that you immediately contact a Plano boating while intoxicated attorney. This is by law a misdemeanor, and there is a minimum of 72 hours confinement as penalty. Water sports are very popular in our state and there is a proliferation of boaters on our lakes. What may have seemed to be a fun outing is now a real legal situation, if you have been arrested. Law enforcement is always on the lookout for anyone who appears to be operating their boat or other water vessel in an unsafe manner. Being arrested for being drunk while boating is considered quite serious.

Plano Boating While Intoxicated Lawyer

A watercraft includes almost any type of boat, jet ski or even water skis. The rules are similar to those involving motor vehicles. This means that a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) test will be given to you if a law enforcement officer suspect you of being under the influence of alcohol. If you register at .08% or above while on the water, you will be arrested and charged with Boating While Intoxicated, or BWI. The test can include drug testing, as drugs are another type of intoxicant that can earn you an arrest. It is important that if you have had such an arrest, that you contact The Zendeh Del Law Firm to speak with an attorney and determine what can be done in your case. It is likely that you do not want a misdemeanor on your permanent criminal record.

Texas law defines intoxication as: "A. Not having the normal use of mental or physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, a controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, a combination of two or more of those substances, or any other substance into the body; or B. having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more." If you have been tested with a breath, urine or blood test and have been found to have .08% or more alcohol or drugs of various types in your system, you are definitely in trouble with the law. Contact The Zendeh Del Law Firm for more information about what your options are in your case.

Contact a Plano boating while intoxicated attorney from The Zendeh Del Law Firm if you have been caught operating a watercraft or boat while intoxicated.