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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75803</law_id><section_number>54.1-912</section_number><catch_line>Employing unlicensed pilots</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Branch Pilots</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Duties and Liabilities of Master, Etc</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No master shall employ any person who is not licensed as a <span class="dictionary">pilot</span> to act as a <span class="dictionary">pilot</span> of his vessel.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 54-548; 1988, c. 765.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
