---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 80.1115"
title: "47"
number: "80.1115"
heading: "Transmission of a distress alert by a station not itself in distress."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/80.1115"
---

# §80.1115. Transmission of a distress alert by a station not itself in distress.

- (a) A station in the mobile or mobile-satellite service which learns that a mobile unit is in distress must initiate and transmit a distress alert relay in any of the following cases:
  - (1) When the mobile unit in distress is not itself in a position to transmit the distress alert; or
  - (2) When the master or person responsible for the mobile unit not in distress or the person responsible for the land station determines that further help is necessary.
- (b) A station transmitting a distress alert relay in accordance with [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section or [§ 80.1121(c)](/cfr/47/80.1121.md?p=c) must indicate that it is not itself in distress.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 301-609; 3 U.S.T. 3450, 3 U.S.T. 4726, 12 U.S.T. 2377.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 31213, Sept. 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.