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Tex. Transportation Code § 61.003

DUTY TO ENGAGE PILOT

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Tex. Transportation Code § 61.003, DUTY TO ENGAGE PILOT, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/567643
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(a) A consignee having control of a vessel shall obtain a pilot to provide pilot services when the vessel is under way or otherwise moving on a river, bay, harbor, or port in this state unless the vessel is: (1) documented as a United States vessel and licensed for and engaged in coastwise trade; (2) a public vessel; (3) of 20 gross tons or less; (4) a motorboat registered in this state; or (5) subject to Subsection (b), in distress or jeopardy. (b) A consignee having control of a vessel that is in distress or jeopardy shall take on a pilot as soon as the pilot arrives at the vessel.