Any person who pilots a foreign vessel, or an American vessel under register, or any other vessel subject to the payment of pilotage fees under the provisions of this chapter, entering or leaving the Port of Mobile, in or out of the Bay of Mobile or over the outer bar thereof, without a license from the State Pilotage Commission, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is entitled to no fee or reward for such services and, upon conviction of such misdemeanor, shall be fined not less than $50.00 and not more than $500.00 for each offense and shall be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a period of not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 33 - Navigation and Watercourses.
Chapter 4 - Pilots and Pilotage.
Section 33-4-30 - Number of Pilots; Application, Examination and Certification Required for License.
Section 33-4-31 - Qualifications; Age Limitations for Apprentices.
Section 33-4-32 - Selection of Apprentices.
Section 33-4-33 - Apprentice Not to Be Discharged Except for Cause; Appeal of Discharge.
Section 33-4-35 - Examination and Certification Generally.
Section 33-4-36 - Apprentice Pilots Not Required to Take Second Examination.
Section 33-4-37 - Issuing Licenses; Possession and Exhibition of Licenses; Oath of Pilot.
Section 33-4-38 - Levy, Payment, and Disposition of Pilot's License Tax.
Section 33-4-39 - Bond of Pilot - Required; Amount; Conditions; Renewal.
Section 33-4-40 - Bond of Pilot - Preserving Bonds, etc.; New Bonds; Actions on Bonds; Liability.
Section 33-4-41 - Revocation or Suspension of License for Cause - Generally.
Section 33-4-43 - Revocation or Suspension of License for Cause - Witnesses' Fees and Mileage.
Section 33-4-45 - Revocation or Suspension of License for Cause - Hearings; Decision of Commission.
Section 33-4-46 - Grounds for Depriving Pilot of Branch.
Section 33-4-47 - Penalty for Acting Without License.
Section 33-4-48 - Pay of Pilots - Generally.
Section 33-4-49 - Pay of Pilots - Time of Payment.
Section 33-4-50 - Pay of Pilots - Fees of Pilots Detained on Vessels.
Section 33-4-51 - Pay of Pilots - No Discrimination or Rebating of Pilot's Fees.
Section 33-4-52 - Pay of Pilots - Exemptions From Payment of Pilot's Fees.
Section 33-4-53 - Compulsory Retirement of Bar Pilots.
Section 33-4-54 - Vessels Required to Take Pilots.
Section 33-4-55 - Pilot Boats Must Offer Services to Vessels Nearest Bar.
Section 33-4-56 - Delivery of Orders and Letters by Pilot.
Section 33-4-57 - Report of Unlawful Discharge of Ballast, Sweepings, Rubbish, etc., in Bay, Etc.