{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-76a-36","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 76A-36","heading":"Classes of licenses.","body":"The Commission shall have general authority to issue three classes of licenses:\n(1)\tLimited. - A license to pilot vessels whose draft does not exceed 25 feet combined with a maximum length to be fixed by Commission rules. Limited licenses may be issued to those who pass requirements established by statute and by the Commission to entitle such person to a limited license.\n(2)\tFull. - A license to pilot any vessel. Full license shall be issued to all holders of a limited license who have in the opinion of the Commission satisfactorily served at least one year under a limited license. Additionally, the Commission may issue a full license to anyone who in the Commission's judgments has sufficient credentials as established under G.S. 76A-35(b) to perform the pilotage task associated with a full license.\n(3)\tApprentice. - A license to engage in a program, approved by the Commission, as apprentice pilot under the terms of G.S. 76A-42. (1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1176, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 76A. Navigation and Pilotage Commissions.","SUBCHAPTER II. MOREHEAD CITY NAVIGATION AND PILOTAGE COMMISSION.","Article 4. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_76A/GS_76A-36.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:09:52Z","sha256":"d90866a5b65e71cc168458ee05c511e052b3f2d2f0e5977a2cdc1e122fbd76cd","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-76a-35","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-76a-37-through-76a-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}