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New Jersey Statutes Title 12. Commerce and Navigation 12 § 8-35

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Every United States vessel and every foreign vessel shall take a state-licensed maritime pilot when entering or leaving pilotage waters and shall take a licensed maritime pilot or docking pilot, as provided for herein, when otherwise underway in pilotage waters. This requirement shall not apply to:

a. a vessel documented under the United States flag and operating in a coastwise trade; or

b. a public vessel of the United States or a vessel otherwise exempt from state pilotage regulation by United States law; or

c. a yacht of less than 200 feet in length.

If a regulated vessel underway on State pilotage waters fails to take a maritime pilot, the master, owner, agent or charterer shall pay the pilotage fees as if one had been employed and be subject to penalties under the commission's regulations.

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