                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXAMINATION OF PILOTS; ISSUANCE OF LICENSE; BONDS AND OATH OF OFFICE (§
54.1-905)

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
applicant is of good character and a resident of the Commonwealth. The applicant
shall also submit proof that he has served as an apprentice for five years,
including three years as a limited branch pilot. If the Board finds the
applicant qualified to act as a branch pilot it shall issue him a license, and
he shall thereupon become a state officer, to be known as a branch pilot and
shall hold office as such for one year next ensuing. Before he may perform any
of the duties of his office he shall give bond before the clerk of the circuit
court of the county or city in which he resides in the penalty of $500,
conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties and he shall take the
oath of office required by § 49-1.
		Branch pilots may conduct and pilot any vessel.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 54-536, 54-555; 1988, c. 765.