Code of Virginia - Title 54.1 Professions And Occupations - Chapter 9 Branch Pilots

54.1-900 Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Board" means the Board for Branch Pilots. "Branch pilots" means pilots who ...

54.1-901 Appointment and removal of members; quorum; clerk
The Board for Branch Pilots shall consist of nine members to be appointed as follows: the Circuit Court of the City of Hampton shall appoint ...

54.1-902 Regulations; suspension or revocation of license; penalty for violation
A. The Board is authorized to promulgate regulations necessary for the proper government and regulation of pilots and to prescribe penalties for the violation of ...

54.1-903 Decisions of controversies between pilots and masters, etc.; judgment of Board
The Board may decide any controversy between pilots or between a pilot and the master, owner, or consignee of any vessel, which may arise under ...

54.1-904 Limitation of powers of Board
Nothing in this chapter shall authorize the Board to decide upon the liability of a pilot or his apprentice to any person injured by his ...

54.1-905 Examination of pilots; issuance of license; bonds and oath of office
Applicants for examination shall submit to the Board a certificate from the circuit court in the county or city of their residence stating that the ...

54.1-906 Expiration and renewal of licenses
All licenses issued by the Board shall expire on December 31 of the year in which issued. Every pilot who holds a license as a ...

54.1-907 Fee for original license and license renewal
Upon the application for license as a branch pilot and each renewal thereof, the applicant for license or license renewal shall pay a fee established ...

54.1-908 State and local licenses prohibited
No state, city, town or county licenses shall be assessed against any branch pilot. (Code 1950, § 54-541; 1988, c. 765.) ...

54.1-909 License as limited branch pilot
Any apprentice may apply to the Board for a license as a limited branch pilot. The Board may grant him a license after proper examination ...

54.1-910 What vessels to take pilots and where
The master of every vessel, other than vessels exclusively engaged in the coastwise trade and those made exempt by United States statutes, inward bound from ...

54.1-911 Notice to pilot officers
The master, agent or consignee of any vessel requiring a pilot shall give at least two hours' notice of the need for a pilot to ...

54.1-912 Employing unlicensed pilots
No master shall employ any person who is not licensed as a pilot to act as a pilot of his vessel. (Code 1950, § 54-548; ...

54.1-913 Concealing name of vessel
The master of a vessel shall not conceal or obscure or refuse to disclose the name of his vessel when spoken to by a pilot. ...

54.1-914 Keeping pilot boat
Every pilot, or the company to which he belongs, shall keep one sufficient boat of at least thirty feet keel. (Code 1950, § 54-550; 1988, ...

54.1-915 Pilot first meeting vessel at sea to have preference
The first pilot who meets a vessel coming in, which his branch entitles him to conduct, shall have the right to take charge of and ...

54.1-916 Discretion of pilot piloting vessel
Any pilot piloting a vessel shall have full discretion as to when the vessel shall be piloted to or from sea, or to or from ...

54.1-917 Enforcement of suspension
If any individual whose pilot's license has been suspended is found on board any vessel as a pilot, or offers to conduct any vessel, he ...

54.1-918 State Corporation Commission to prescribe and enforce rates of pilotage and other charges
The State Corporation Commission shall prescribe and enforce the rates of pilotage and other charges to be observed in the business of pilotage, but before ...

54.1-919 Appeal from action of Commission
From any action of the State Corporation Commission under § 54.1-918, an appeal may be taken by the individual pilots, company or association affected, or ...

54.1-920 Detention on seagoing vessel
If a pilot is detained on board any seagoing vessel he shall be paid by the master, owner, or consignee of the vessel the rate ...

54.1-921 Quarantine detention
If any pilot is permitted to go on board a vessel without being informed of a contagious or infectious disease on board, and is obligated ...

54.1-922 Liability for pilotage and other allowances
The master and the owner of every vessel shall each be liable to the pilot for his pilotage and other allowances, and also the consignee ...

54.1-923 When pilot to produce branch
Every pilot shall, if required, produce his branch at the time of demanding his fees, before he shall be entitled to receive the same. (Code ...

54.1-924 Piloting, etc., vessel without license; how offenders proceeded against
No person shall conduct or pilot a vessel to or from sea, or to or from any port or place in Virginia unless he is ...

54.1-925 Exception as to vessels in distress
Section 54.1-924 shall not prevent any person from assisting a vessel in distress. (Code 1950, § 54-572; 1988, c. 765.) ...

54.1-926 Pilot receiving unlawful fees
No pilot shall demand or receive other than the lawful fee for any service. Any pilot who violates this section may be suspended by the ...

54.1-927 Violation of chapter a misdemeanor
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1988, c. 765.) ...