{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-9-4","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-9-4","heading":"Piloting without license.","body":"It shall be unlawful for any person not licensed as a pilot under this chapter to pilot or offer to pilot a vessel not exempt from the provisions of this chapter. It shall likewise be unlawful for any person on board a tug or towboat to tow a vessel not exempt from the provisions of this chapter, unless the vessel shall have on board, or be under the control of, a duly licensed state pilot.","path":["Title 46 Waters and Navigation","Chapter 9 Pilots — Rhode Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, Sakonnet River, and Tributaries"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE46/46-9/46-9-4.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:01:02Z","sha256":"498c982e1071bfebca5e9a87365badb9d1b1963b2042fff7df23abbfd22ddf31","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-9-3","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-9-4.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}