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Fla. Stat. § 310.141 (2025)
Vessels subject to pilotage.
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310.141 Vessels subject to pilotage.—
(1) All vessels shall have a licensed state pilot or certificated deputy pilot on board to direct the movements of the vessel when entering or leaving ports of this state or when underway upon the navigable waters of the bays, rivers, harbors, and ports of this state, except:
(a) Vessels exempted by the laws of the United States;
(b) Monohulled vessels drawing less than 7 feet of water;
(c) Multihulled, swath, or nondisplacement vessels for which the product of the length overall and extreme beam is less than 6,000 square feet, and which draw less than 7 feet of water;
(d) Any vessel, when docking or undocking; or
(e) Any vessel, when moving about within a shipyard or moving between a shipyard and a berth or slip directly adjacent to the shipyard.
(2) A vessel is docking or undocking when a tug or tugs are assisting the vessel, or the vessel is making use of a bow thruster or other lateral thrust devices incorporated into the vessel itself, in close proximity to the dock, with the vessel under the direction or control of the master, docking master, licensed state pilot, or certificated deputy pilot. If the vessel that is docking or undocking is under the direction or control of the master or docking master, such direction or control must have been delivered from the licensed state pilot or be in the process of being delivered to the licensed state pilot.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to deny the services of a licensed state pilot to a vessel otherwise exempt who applies for such service.
History.—s. 2, ch. 75-201; s. 1, ch. 75-238; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 16, ch. 78-140; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 2, 3, ch. 84-185; ss. 10, 11, ch. 86-280; s. 2, ch. 89-262; s. 7, ch. 90-54; s. 5, ch. 90-144; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 349, ch. 94-119.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1978–2004 · leading case: Rabren v. Dept. of Prof. Reg., 568 So. 2d 1283 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990).
Rabren v. Dept. of Prof. Reg., 568 So. 2d 1283 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). “STATUTORY BACKGROUND The statutes and administrative rules pertinent to the instant case are as follows: Section 310.141, Florida Statutes (1987), requires the use of state pilots on certain vessels.”
Rabren v. Bd. of Pilot Com'rs, 497 So. 2d 1245 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). “Section 310.141, Florida Statutes (1975) provided that: All vessels, except vessels exempted by the laws of the United States or vessels drawing less than 7 feet of water, shall have a licensed state pilot or certificated deputy pilot on board when entering or leaving ports of…”
United States v. Greenpeace, Inc., 314 F. Supp. 2d 1252 (S.D. Fla. 2004). “See Fla. Stat. § 310.141 . That suggestion, however, is wholly unpersuasive.”
Register v. Pierce, 530 So. 2d 990 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988). “NOTES [1] Section 310.141, Fla. Stat. (1987). Piloting a vessel without a license is a misdemeanor and subjects the vessel or its owner to paying double the pilotage rates otherwise applicable.”
Tampa Port Auth. v. M/V DUCHESS, 65 F. Supp. 2d 1279 (M.D. Fla. 1997). “Fla. Stat. § 310.141 . Ware failed to turn the DUCHESS into the slip in a timely manner.”
Jackson v. Marine Expl. Co., 583 F.2d 1336 (5th Cir. 1978). “See Fla.Stat. § 310.141 (1975). The 1975 revision also raised the exemption for shallow draft vessels from six feet to seven feet.”
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