§462A-18  Vessels required to take a pilot. 
Every vessel involved in trade or commerce, other than an exempt vessel,
entering or departing from any port in or traversing the waters of the State
designated as pilotage waters shall employ a pilot licensed under this chapter;
provided that a vessel declared by the director of transportation to be in
immediate danger of destruction or which poses an immediate hazard to public
safety by its presence in the harbor may be moved without a pilot when a pilot
is not immediately available. [L 1978, c 231, pt of §2; am L 1980, c 110, §1]