New Jersey Statutes

N.J. Stat. § 12:8-35 (2026)

Vessels required to take maritime pilot; exceptions

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12:8-35. 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.

Amended 1991, c.76, s.4; 2004, c.72, s.26.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1973–1973 · leading case: Baeszler v. Mobil Oil Corp., 375 F. Supp. 1220 (S.D.N.Y. 1973).

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Baeszler v. Mobil Oil Corp., 375 F. Supp. 1220 (S.D.N.Y. 1973). · cites it 2× “The basis of the dispute turns on the construction of the applicable New Jersey and New York statutes: N.J.S.A. § 12:8-35 (1968): Vessels required to take pilots “All masters of foreign vessels and vessels from a foreign port, and all vessels sailing under register, bound in or…”

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