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Chapter 1. PILOTS
Subchapter I. Board of Pilot Commissioners
§ 100. Objectives. - The primary objective of the Board of Pilot Commissioners, to...
§ 101. Appointment; qualifications; term; vacancies; meetings; officers; oath of office; quorum. - (a) The Board of Pilot Commissioners for the State shall...
§ 102. Powers and duties. - The Board of Pilot Commissioners shall have authority to: (1)...
§ 103. Register. - The Department of State may appoint a register, who shall...
§ 104. Complaint and hearing procedures. - (a) Complaints pertaining to the subject matter of this chapter...
§ 105. Appeals from Board's decisions. - Where the pilot is in disagreement with the action of...
§ 106. Expenses of Board; renewal license fee. - To provide a fund for the payment of necessary expenses...
Subchapter II. Licenses
§ 111. License requirements; examinations; fee. - Any person desiring to engage in the occupation of a...
§ 112. Classes of licenses. - Six classes of licenses shall be granted: (1) First class,...
§ 113. Qualifications for licenses; limitation on numbers of pilots; maximum age of licensees; neglect of duties. - (a) No license of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth...
§ 114. Apprenticeship program. - (a) According to the needs and dictates of commerce and...
§ 115. Term of license; renewal. - Each license shall be renewed annually, in such a manner...
§ 117. Piloting without license; penalty. - (a) Whoever exercises the profession of pilot in the Bay...
§ 118. Grounds for discipline. - (a) Pilots regulated under this chapter shall be subject to...
§ 119. Fees. - Within the limits provided, the amount to be charged for...
§ 120. Disciplinary sanctions. - (a) The Board may impose any of the following sanctions,...
Subchapter III. Vessels and Pilots
§ 121. Receipt of pilots by vessels; penalties for refusal; jurisdiction. - (a) Except vessels of less than 100 gross tons, every...
§ 122. Exception as to receipt of pilots by certain coastal vessels. - No vessel employed in and licensed for the coasting trade...
§ 123. Acceptance by inward bound vessel of pilot first offering. - The pilot who first offers services to any inward bound...
§ 126. Outward bound vessel to discharge pilot; penalty. - Every master or commander of a ship or vessel outward...
Subchapter IV. Pilotage Rates
§ 130. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Deep draft vessel” shall...
§ 131. Pilotage rates. - (a) For services rendered on and after January 1, 1990,...
§ 132. Compensation of pilot carried to sea. - If it happens that any pilot having a boat attending...
§ 133. Compensation of pilot carried to other port. - When any inward bound ship or vessel having a pilot...
§ 134. Compensation for extraordinary piloting services. - Any vessel which has suffered any casualty limiting the capabilities...
§ 135. Ships detained to discharge pilot; compensation. - When any ship or vessel having a pilot on board...
§ 136. Compensation for detention. - Any pilot retained as pilot on a vessel inward bound...
§ 137. Legal fee limits; penalty. - No licensed pilot shall demand, ask or receive, for any...
§ 138. Pilotage for outbound deep draft vessels. - Outbound deep draft vessels shall be assigned 2 pilots for...
Chapter 11. OBSTRUCTING NAVIGATION
§ 1101. Casting ballast in tideway; penalty. - Whoever casts into the tideway of the Delaware Bay or...
§ 1102. Sweeping for anchors, cables or buoys near breakwater; penalty. - Whoever sweeps for or takes possession of anchors, cables or...
§ 1103. Regulation of anchorage. - Vessels anchoring in any river or creek shall do so...
§ 1104. Obstructions interfering with use of shore or harbor. - Whoever causes any obstruction to be erected or placed or...
§ 1105. Mistreatment of buoy, beacon and daymark; notice; penalty; disposition of fine. - Whoever moors any vessel or vessels of any kind or...
§ 1106. Anchoring on range line of range lights; penalty. - No vessel shall anchor on the range line of any...
§ 1107. Lien on vessel causing damage. - The cost of repairing or replacing any buoy, beacon or...
§ 1108. Obstructions of navigation in St. Jones' River; penalties. - Whenever any obstruction to the navigation of the St. Jones'...
§ 1109. Anchoring regulations in St. Jones' River. - No captain or commander of any vessel, boat, barge or...
§ 1110. Obstruction of navigation in Murderkill River and Spring Creek. - Whoever fills up or designedly or intentionally injures or obstructs...
§ 1111. Removal or destruction of channel stakes in Murderkill River; penalty. - Whoever wilfully destroys or removes any of the stakes settled...
§ 1112. Liability for collision caused by anchoring in Deep Hole below Broadkiln Creek. - Whenever any captain or commander of a vessel anchors any...
§ 1113. Regulations for anchoring at mouth of Mahon's River; penalties; jurisdiction. - No boat or vessel of any kind or description shall...
Chapter 13. VESSEL PROPERTY
§ 1301. Control by owner or owners of more than half part; master's refusal to surrender; penalty. - Every vessel owned by a citizen or citizens of this...
§ 1302. Forcible, fraudulent or secret taking of vessel; penalty. - Whoever forcibly, fraudulently or secretly takes or attempts to take...
§ 1303. Vessels adrift or abandoned on public property and lost, abandoned, or stolen property relating to vessels. - (a) A person finding or having in that person's own...
§ 1304. Vessels and property relating to vessels adrift or abandoned on private property. - (a) Abandoned vessels and property relating to vessels on the...
§ 1305. Penalties; jurisdiction. - A person who abandons a vessel or property relating to...
Chapter 15. WHARF LINES AND BULKHEADS
§ 1501. Limitation on wharves in City of New Castle. - Whoever builds or extends any wharf or wharves or landing...
§ 1502. Laurel River; wharf lines and limitations. - Commissioners appointed under 18 Del. Laws, c. 224, having adjusted...
§ 1503. Enforcement of Laurel River restrictions. - The Levy Court Commissioners of Sussex County, upon complaint of...
§ 1504. Drainage into Laurel River. - Nothing contained in §§ 1502 and 1503 of this title...
§ 1505. Delaware River opposite Wilmington and Edge Moor; bulkhead and pier lines. - The bulkhead line or lines of solid filling and the...
§ 1506. Filing federal maps and reports. - The Secretary of State shall procure duplicate copies of the...
§ 1507. Filling in beyond established bulkhead line; structures outside bulkhead line. - It shall not be lawful to fill in with earth,...
§ 1508. Littoral proprietors' rights; deposit of dredgings by United States. - The littoral proprietors abutting on the River Delaware, between Christina...
§ 1509. Title of littoral proprietors to lands filled in. - The land under the waters of the Delaware River, within...
§ 1510. Waterfront of respective proprietors; determination of. - The breadth of waterfront appertaining to each littoral proprietor or...
§ 1511. Proprietors' right to own and hold structures on river front; further rights. - The littoral proprietors, respectively, may own and hold all bulkheads,...
Chapter 17. DREDGING AND BEACHES
§ 1701. Removal of dredgings beyond limits of State; penalty. - Whoever knowingly and wilfully transports or removes or attempts to...
§ 1702. Depositing dredged material outside State; penalty. - Whoever, being in any manner engaged in the work of...
§ 1703. Liability of masters, pilots and engineers. - Whoever, being a master, pilot, engineer or other person acting...
§ 1704. Vessels liable for pecuniary penalties; enforcement of lien. - Any boat, vessel, scow or other craft used or employed...
§ 1705. Removal of building materials. - Sections 1701-1704 of this title shall not be construed to...
§ 1706. Removing sand from beach areas. - No sand shall be dug, mined, removed or carried away...
§ 1707. Permission for sand removal; exception of gravel. - No person shall dig, mine, remove or carry away, or...
§ 1708. Penalties for removing sand; enforcement. - (a) Whoever violates §§ 1706 and 1707 of this title...
§ 1709. Exemption. - The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the...
Chapter 19. DAMS
§ 1901. Building on unnavigable streams. - Any person may erect or raise a dam to raise...
§ 1902. Procedure to condemn materials for building and repair of dams. - Whenever earth, sand, gravel, stone or other material requisite for...
§ 1903. Right of entry to repair banks of stream. - If at any time a breach in the banks of...
§ 1904. Forcing water back to injury of adjoining landowners; penalty; exceptions. - Whoever owns, leases or controls any milldam or millpond upon...
Chapter 21. MOTORBOATS
Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 2101. Restriction on speed of motorboats. - No person shall operate a boat in Noxentown Lake, New...
§ 2102. Penalty. - Whoever violates this subchapter shall be guilty of a class...
Subchapter II. Registration, Equipment and Operation
§ 2111. Declaration of policy. - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the...
§ 2112. Definitions. - Unless as otherwise provided for in this section or Department...
§ 2113. Licensing and registration fees and waterway management fund. - (a) All vessels subject to this subchapter shall be divided...
§ 2113A. Licensing Agents; service charge; regulations. - (a) The Department may authorize as many qualified persons as...
§ 2114. Regulations and standards. - (a) The Department shall issue rules and regulations for all...
§ 2115. Applicability. - (a) This chapter shall apply to vessels and associated equipment...
§ 2116. Operation of noncomplying vessels prohibited; careless operation; inattentive operation; reckless operation; assault by vessel in the second degree; assault by vessel in the first degree. - (a) No person shall use or give permission for the...
§ 2117. Release and use of information. - (a) Any person may request vessel numbering and registration information...
§ 2118. Public facilities; administration and enforcement of subchapter. - (a) The Department shall maintain and improve public facilities for...
§ 2119. Annual appropriation. - (a) For purposes of implementing this subchapter, there shall be...
§ 2120. Regattas, motorboat races, marine parades, tournaments or exhibitions. - (a) The Department may authorize the holding of regattas, motorboat...
§ 2121. Local regulations. - (a) This subchapter and other applicable laws of this State...
§ 2122. Rules of the road. - The United States Coast Guard “Rules of the Road,” “International-Inland”...
§ 2123. Vessel liveries. - (a) The owner of a vessel livery shall cause to...
§ 2124. Filing of regulations. - A copy of the regulations adopted pursuant to this subchapter...
§ 2125. Penalties; jurisdiction. - (a) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter,...
§ 2126. Arrest without warrants. - (a) Any Fish and Wildlife Agent or police officer of...
Chapter 22. BOATING SAFETY
Subchapter I. Personal Flotation Devices for Children
§ 2201. Definitions. - (a) “Department” means the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental...
§ 2202. Child safety on recreational boats. - (a) Every operator of a recreational boat shall be responsible...
Subchapter II. Personal Watercraft
§ 2211. Definitions. - The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this...
§ 2212. Restrictions and regulations relating to the operation of personal watercraft. - (a) No person shall operate a personal watercraft unless such...
§ 2213. Rentals of personal watercraft. - (a) No person shall rent a personal watercraft to any...
§ 2214. Exceptions. - The restrictions and prohibitions of this subchapter shall not apply...
§ 2215. Enforcement; penalties. - (a) The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control shall...
Subchapter III. Boating Safety Education
§ 2221. Certificate of boating safety education. - (a) From and after January 1, 1994, except as provided...
§ 2222. Exemptions. - The following persons shall be exempted from the requirements of...
§ 2223. Powers and duties of the Department. - (a) The Department shall coordinate and provide a statewide course...
§ 2224. Validity of certificate. - Once issued, the certification of boating safety education shall be...
§ 2225. Penalties; jurisdiction. - (a) Whoever violates § 2221(a) of this title shall be...
Chapter 23. OPERATION OF A VESSEL OR BOAT WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR AND/OR DRUGS
§ 2301. Definitions. - (a) “Alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more” shall mean: (1)...
§ 2302. Operation of a vessel or boat while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and/or drugs. - (a) No person shall motor, sail, row, operate, command or...
§ 2303. Consent to submit to chemical test. - (a) Any person who motors, sails, rows, commands, operates or...
§ 2304. Refusal to submit to chemical test. - (a) If any person requested refuses to submit to a...
§ 2305. Penalties; jurisdiction. - Whoever is convicted of a violation of § 2302 of...
§ 2306. Enforcement of chapter. - In addition to any other powers of arrest, any law-enforcement...
§ 2307. Persons qualified to administer tests. - Any person qualified under § 2746 of Title 21 shall...
§ 2308. Disposition of vessel and property. - (a) Where the only person on a vessel is an...
Chapter 24. EXEMPTIONS FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR RENDERING VESSEL TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICES
§ 2401. Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) The term “sponsors and...
§ 2402. Limitation of liability of watch officers and vessel traffic information service entities. - (a) The liability of any watch officer who renders informational...