{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-29.1-738.3","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 29.1-738.3","heading":"Presumptions from alcohol or drug content","body":"In any prosecution for operating a watercraft or motorboat that is underway in violation of clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of subsection B of § 29.1-738, or of a similar ordinance of any county, city or town, the amount of alcohol or drugs in the blood of the accused at the time of the alleged offense as indicated by a chemical analysis of a sample of the accused's blood or breath to determine the alcohol or drug content of his blood (i) in accordance with the provisions of § 29.1-738.2 or (ii) performed by the Department of Forensic Science in accordance with the provisions of §§ 18.2-268.5, 18.2-268.6, and 18.2-268.7 on the suspect's whole blood drawn pursuant to a search warrant shall give rise to the rebuttable presumptions of subdivisions A 1 through 4 of § 18.2-269.1989, c. 726; 1995, c. 130; 2005, c. 616; 2017, c. 623.","path":["Title 29.1. Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating","Chapter 7. BOATING LAWS","Article 3. BOATING SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/29.1-738.3/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:24Z","sha256":"a0c632f87673b08f4272e5297e3da9e6c66c7fb129962d62b6ba2e86dbba847a","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-29.1-738.2","next":"us-va/va.-code-29.1-738.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}