Chris Micheli – California Globe

Small Craft Harbors and Waterways in California

July 25, 2025 2:30 amJuly 25, 2025 2:31 am

Division 1, Chapter 2, Article 3 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code concerns small craft harbors and connecting waterways. Section 70 allows the department to prepare plans for, and acquire, construct, develop, and improve, small craft harbors, facilities in...

Disability of Parties in Civil Actions

July 24, 2025 6:30 amJuly 24, 2025 6:31 am

Part 2, Title 3, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Civil Procedure deals with the disability of a party to a civil action. Section 372 states that, when a minor, a person who lacks legal capacity to make decisions,...

Presumption Concerning Property Held Jointly in California

July 23, 2025 2:30 amJuly 23, 2025 2:31 am

Division 7, Part 3 of California’s Family Code concerns the division of property and creates a presumption concerning property held in joint form. Section 2580 contains three legislative findings and declarations about providing uniformly and consistently for the standard of...

General Powers of the Boating and Waterways Department

July 22, 2025 5:30 amJuly 22, 2025 5:31 am

Division 1, Chapter 2, Article 2 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with the Department of Boating and Waterways and its general powers. Section 60 requires the Resources Agency to represent the State of California and the Governor...

Termination of Domestic Partner Registration

July 21, 2025 2:30 amJuly 21, 2025 2:31 am

Division 2.5, Part 3 of the California Family Code deals with the termination of a domestic partner registration. Section 299 allows a registered domestic partnership to be terminated without filing a proceeding for dissolution of domestic partnership by the filing...

Duties of Pilots

July 20, 2025 2:30 amJuly 20, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Harbors and Navigation Code in Division 5, Chapter 1, Article 7 deals with the duties of pilots in Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. Section 1130 requires a majority of all of the...

Notaries to Conduct Confidential Marriages

July 19, 2025 2:30 amJuly 19, 2025 2:31 am

Division 3, Part 4, Chapter 2 of the California Code deals with the approval of notaries to authorize confidential marriages in this state. Section 530 prohibits a notary public from issuing a confidential marriage license pursuant to this part unless...