Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 462A-14

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Pilot: means a state pilot licensed pursuant to this chapter as a port pilot or a deputy port pilot. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 462A-1
  • Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 462A-1

Every licensed pilot shall have a lien for the pilot’s pilotage fees upon the whole of any vessel liable to the pilot therefor.