88.16.130 - Unlicensed pilot liable for payment of rates -- Penalty for refusing to employ licensed pilot.

Unlicensed pilot liable for payment of rates — Penalty for refusing to employ licensed pilot.

Any person not holding a license as pilot under the provisions of this chapter who pilots any vessel subject to the provisions of this chapter on waters covered by this chapter shall pay to the board the pilotage rates payable under the provisions of this chapter. Any master or owner of a vessel required to employ a pilot licensed under the provisions of this chapter who refuses to do so when such a pilot is available shall be punished pursuant to RCW 88.16.150 as now or hereafter amended and shall be imprisoned in the county jail of the county wherein he is so convicted until said fine and the costs of his prosecution are paid.

[1977 ex.s. c 337 § 14; 1967 c 15 § 8; 1935 c 18 § 11; RRS § 9871-11. Prior: 1907 c 147 § 4.]

Notes: Severability -- 1977 ex.s. c 337: See note following RCW 88.16.005.