                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHAT VESSELS TO TAKE PILOTS AND WHERE (§ 54.1-910)

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 sea to any port in Virginia or any intermediate or other point in Hampton
Roads, the Virginia waters of Chesapeake Bay, or in any navigable river in
Virginia which flows into Chesapeake Bay or Hampton Roads, shall take the first
Virginia pilot that offers his services. Any such vessel outward bound, or bound
from one port or point in Virginia to another port or point, shall take the
first Virginia pilot that offers his services at the port, point, or place of
departure or sailing. Any master refusing to do so shall immediately pay to such
pilot full pilotage from the point where the services are offered to the point
of destination of the vessel.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-544; 1988, c. 765.