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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75870,"section_number":"54.1-910","catch_line":"What vessels to take pilots and where","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-910\/"}],"permalink":{"id":241053,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54807,"identifier":"54.1-916","token":"54.1\/II\/9\/4\/54.1-916","url":"\/54.1-916\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-916\/","token":"54.1\/II\/9\/4\/54.1-916","dublin_core":{"Title":"Discretion of pilot piloting vessel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-916","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any pilot<\/span> piloting a vessel shall have full discretion as to when the vessel shall be piloted to or from sea, or to or from any port or place within the Commonwealth or situated within any of the waters referred to in \u00a7 54.1-910<\/a>. The pilot<\/span>’s discretion shall be exercised in a reasonable way, with a view to the vessel’s safety as well as with a view to the safety of the Commonwealth’s waters and ports.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCRETION OF PILOT PILOTING VESSEL (\u00a7 54.1-916)\n\nAny pilot piloting a vessel shall have full discretion as to when the vessel\nshall be piloted to or from sea, or to or from any port or place within the\nCommonwealth or situated within any of the waters referred to in \u00a7 54.1-910.\nThe pilot’s discretion shall be exercised in a reasonable way, with a view\nto the vessel’s safety as well as with a view to the safety of the\nCommonwealth’s waters and ports.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 54-558; 1988, c. 765.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}