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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":70430,"section_number":"54.1-111","catch_line":"Unlawful acts; prosecution; proceedings in equity; civil penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-111\/"},{"id":82667,"section_number":"54.1-924","catch_line":"Piloting, etc., vessel without license; how offenders proceeded against","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-924\/"}],"permalink":{"id":241057,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80378,"identifier":"54.1-917","token":"54.1\/II\/9\/4\/54.1-917","url":"\/54.1-917\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-917\/","token":"54.1\/II\/9\/4\/54.1-917","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement of suspension","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-917","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any individual whose pilot<\/span>’s license has been suspended is found on board<\/span> any vessel as a pilot<\/span>, or offers to conduct any vessel, he may be dismissed from the vessel by any licensed pilot<\/span>, to whom all the pilotage shall be paid. The Board<\/span> may proceed against the individual under the provisions of \u00a7 54.1-924<\/a> as if the individual had never been licensed. An individual whose pilot<\/span>’s license has been suspended may also be proceeded against under \u00a7 54.1-111<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT OF SUSPENSION (\u00a7 54.1-917)\n\nIf any individual whose pilot’s license has been suspended is found on\nboard any vessel as a pilot, or offers to conduct any vessel, he may be\ndismissed from the vessel by any licensed pilot, to whom all the pilotage shall\nbe paid. The Board may proceed against the individual under the provisions of \u00a7\n54.1-924 as if the individual had never been licensed. An individual whose\npilot’s license has been suspended may also be proceeded against under \u00a7\n54.1-111.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 54-561; 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}}