Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 52. WATERS OF THE STATE, PORTS, AND WATERCRAFT · Chapter 6. PILOTS AND PILOTAGE · Article 2. PILOTS GENERALLY

52-6-52. Liability for detaining pilots on vessels.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

The owner, master, consignee, or charterer of any vessel who carries any pilot against his consent to any foreign or other port shall be liable to such pilot in an action on the case for the payment of his reasonable expenses and $10.00 a day during his necessary absence, provided the carrying away of the pilot is not owing to his own misconduct or negligence; and, if a pilot is detained on board, wind and weather permitting the vessel to go to sea, the owner, master, consignee, or charterer shall be liable to pay the pilot $10.00 a day for every day he is so detained.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1467; Code 1868, § 1524; Code 1873, § 1518; Code 1882, § 1518; Civil Code 1895, § 1667; Civil Code 1910, § 1913; Code 1933, § 80-309; Ga. L. 1945, p. 279, § 14.

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Text read from t52-t53-(v40)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V40, 2021 edition, page 93; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 062775612dfc.