Owners of docks, wharves and piers may collect wharfage, dockage and rent; no hindrance to navigation
12:4-3. Owners of docks, wharves and piers may collect wharfage, dockage and rent; no hindrance to navigation
The owners or holders of all docks, wharves, storehouses and piers may:
a. Use, possess and repair the same;
b. Lay any vessel alongside the same;
c. Demand, receive and sue for and recover of and from any vessel or person using the same, reasonable wharfage, demurrage, rent or dockage; and
d. Recover for any damage done to the same.
This section shall not impair the legal rights of any other persons or authorize any hindrance to navigation.
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