South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 54 - Ports and Maritime Matters
Chapter 15 - Pilots And Pilotage

Section 54-15-10. South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper Coastal Area; South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Lower Coastal Area; jurisdiction; regulations. - Subject to Section 8501 of Title 46 of the United...

Section 54-15-20. South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper Coastal Area; appointment of members; terms; vacancies. - (A) The South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper...

Section 54-15-30. South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper Coastal Region; election of officers. - The South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper Coastal...

Section 54-15-40. South Carolina Commissioners for the Lower Coastal Area; members; terms; vacancies. - There is created the South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for...

Section 54-15-50. Board of examination for Upper Coastal Area; duties. - The South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper Coastal...

Section 54-15-60. Board of examiners for Lower Coastal Area; examination and licensing of applicants. - (A) The South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Lower...

Section 54-15-70. Omitted by 2006 Act No. 237, Section 1, eff March 17, 2006. - Editor's Note Former Section 54-15-70 was entitled "Board of examiners...

Section 54-15-80. Examination fee. - The Commissioners of Pilotage for each area shall set by...

Section 54-15-90. Apprentices for Upper Coastal Area. - Apprentices for the Upper Coastal Area must be taken by...

Section 54-15-100. Apprentices for Lower Coastal Area. - Apprentices for the Lower Coastal Area are taken only by...

Section 54-15-110. Licenses or branches and oath of pilots and apprentices. - The respective boards shall give to the applicants approved by...

Section 54-15-120. Prerequisites to licensing in Lower Coastal Area. - (A) An apprentice in the Lower Coastal Area shall serve...

Section 54-15-130. Number of pilots. - The number of pilots shall not be less than the...

Section 54-15-140. Promulgation of regulations. - The South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for the Upper and...

Section 54-15-150. Registers of pilots. - The South Carolina Commissioners of Pilotage for each port shall...

Section 54-15-160. Pilot ground for Charleston. - The pilot ground of the bar of Charleston shall extend...

Section 54-15-170. Pilot boats at Charleston shall be approved by commissioners. - All boats used in the pilotage for the port and...

Section 54-15-180. Repealed by 1991 Act No. 56, Section 5. - Editor's Note Former Section 54-15-180, which was derived from 1962...

Section 54-15-190. Boats used for pilotage; identification. - All boats used for pilotage at Charleston, Port Royal, and...

Section 54-15-200. Repealed by 1991 Act No. 56, Section 6. - Editor's Note Former Section 54-15-200, which was derived from 1962...

Section 54-15-210. Pilots shall not discontinue duties without permission. - Except for reasons of health, satisfactory evidence of which shall...

Section 54-15-220. Pilot shall offer services to nearest vessel; exceptions. - Every pilot cruising or standing out to sea shall offer...

Section 54-15-230. Pilot shall remain on vessel if required. - A licensed pilot, if required by the master or commander...

Section 54-15-240. Payment of pilots detained beyond time appointed. - Every master of an outward bound vessel who shall engage...

Section 54-15-250. Penalty for carrying off pilots. - If any master or commander of a vessel shall carry...

Section 54-15-260. Duty of pilots during war or under special orders. - In case of war no pilot shall bring in or...

Section 54-15-270. Pilot requirements for vessels entering ports. - All vessels entering into the pilotage area of a port...

Section 54-15-280. Unauthorized pilotage. - No person shall be authorized or permitted to conduct and...

Section 54-15-290. Rates and fees; publication thereof. - All rates and fees for all pilotage services for each...

Section 54-15-300. Investigation of marine disasters; subpoena of witnesses. - (A) On the occasion of any marine disaster or if...

Section 54-15-310. Designation of hearing officer or hearing panel; disciplinary proceedings. - (A) The results of an investigation must be presented to...

Section 54-15-320. Discipline of licensees. - (A) Upon a determination by the South Carolina Commissioners of...

Section 54-15-330. Appeal of administrative decision. - A person aggrieved by a final action of the South...

Section 54-15-340. Collection of costs and fines. - (A) In an order issued in resolution of a disciplinary...

Section 54-15-350. Limit on liability for damages caused by pilots. - A licensed ship's pilot is not liable for damages in...

Section 54-15-360. Owners and operators also liable. - When a pilot boards a vessel he becomes a servant...