Piloting without license

R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-9-4., under Chapter 46-9 Pilots — Rhode Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, Sakonnet River, and Tributaries.

R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-9-4.

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.