California Harbors and Navigation Code – Page 4

Ship Managers in California

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Division 4, Chapter 2.5 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with a ship’s managers. Section 830 states that the general agent for the owners, in respect to the care of a ship and freight, is called the manager....

Civil Offenses in Navigable Waters

June 28, 2025 2:30 amJune 28, 2025 2:31 am

Division 1.5, Chapter 4 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with civil offenses committed in navigable waters. Section 151 provides that any person that intentionally or negligently causes or permits any oil to be deposited in the water...

Navigation Rules in California

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In Division 2, Chapter 3, Article 1 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code, there are navigation rules. Section 280 provides that the provisions of this article are in addition to the provisions of other parts of this code which...

General Guidance in Reading the Harbors and Navigation Code

June 22, 2022 3:49 amJune 22, 2022 6:16 am

California’s statutes are contained in 29 separate codes. The fourteenth alphabetically is the Harbors and Navigation Code. All 29 Codes have general provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. The following are selected general provisions of the Harbors...

What Is in California’s Harbors and Navigation Code?

April 4, 2022 5:44 pmApril 4, 2022 5:57 pm

The California Harbors and Navigation Code is one of 29 Codes that contain state statutes. The Harbors and Navigation Code contains 9 Divisions. There are also numerous parts, chapters, and articles containing hundreds of code sections, or individual statutes. The...