{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-76a-6","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 76A-6","heading":"Classes of licenses.","body":"The Commission shall have general authority to issue the following classes of licenses:\n(1)\tLimited. - Limited licenses may be issued to those who pass requirements established by the Commission to entitle such person to a limited license.\n(2)\tFull. - A license to pilot any vessel. Provided there is a vacancy in the number of pilot positions established pursuant to G.S. 76A-14, a full license shall be issued to the holder of a limited license who has 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 any one who in the Commission's judgment has sufficient credentials as established under G.S. 76A-5(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-12. (1981, c. 910, s. 1; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1081, s. 3; 1985, c. 631, ss. 1, 2; c. 689, s. 26.)","path":["Chapter 76A. Navigation and Pilotage Commissions.","SUBCHAPTER I. CAPE FEAR RIVER NAVIGATION AND PILOTAGE COMMISSION.","Article 1. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_76A/GS_76A-6.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:09:52Z","sha256":"5a0223d5505d29e4a88455538f859b8ac41e3e3972858e3979707af71c85ed69","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-76a-5","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-76a-7-through-76a-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}