Florida Statute 310.141 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXII
PORTS AND HARBORS

Chapter 310
PILOTS, PILOTING, AND 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.

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Cases Citing Statute 310.141

Total Results: 5

Register v. Pierce

530 So. 2d 990, 1988 WL 86340

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 22, 1988 | Docket: 1268308

Cited 19 times | Published

SHIVERS and THOMPSON, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 310.141, Fla. Stat. (1987). Piloting a vessel without

Rabren v. DEPT. OF PROF. REGULATION

568 So. 2d 1283, 1990 WL 146906

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 2, 1990 | Docket: 673537

Cited 5 times | Published

pertinent to the instant case are as follows: Section 310.141, Florida Statutes (1987), requires the use

United States v. Greenpeace, Inc.

314 F. Supp. 2d 1252, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6756, 2004 WL 840166

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Apr 15, 2004 | Docket: 2337908

Cited 4 times | Published

when entering or leaving ports. See Fla. Stat. § 310.141. That suggestion, however, is wholly unpersuasive

Rabren v. Board of Pilot Com'rs

497 So. 2d 1245, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1881

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 27, 1986 | Docket: 1689865

Cited 2 times | Published

conferred by Chapter 310, Florida Statutes. Section 310.141, Florida Statutes (1975) provided that: All

Tampa Port Authority v. M/V DUCHESS

65 F. Supp. 2d 1279, 2000 A.M.C. 114, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23355, 1997 WL 1137971

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jun 6, 1997 | Docket: 2297783

Published

was underway in navigable waters. Fla. Stat. § 310.141. Ware failed to turn the DUCHESS into the slip

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