Harbors and Navigation Code – Page 2

Inland Parks and Recreation Areas in California

November 14, 2025 2:00 pmNovember 14, 2025 2:01 pm

Harbors and Navigation Code Division 8, Part 2, Chapter 6 deals with inland parks and recreation areas for harbor improvement districts. Section 5950 allows the board of supervisors to manage the business of the district and promote the commercial interest...

Administrative Provisions of Harbor Commissions

November 14, 2025 2:30 amNovember 14, 2025 2:31 am

Division 8, Part 3, Chapter 3, Article 2 of the Harbors and Navigation Code deals with administrative provisions related to harbor commissions in this state. Section 6060 requires the commissioners to serve without salary until the yearly gross income of...

Vessel Sanitation

October 31, 2025 6:00 amOctober 31, 2025 6:01 am

Division 3, Chapter 6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code deals with vessel sanitation. Section 775 contains three legislative findings and declarations, as well as a statement of legislative intent that every vessel with a toilet shall comply with federal...

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Accident Liability Protection for Vessels

October 22, 2025 2:30 amOctober 22, 2025 2:31 am

In the Harbors and Navigation Code, Division 3, Chapter 5, Article 2.9, it deals with accident liability protection for the operation and equipment of vessels. Section 759 provides definitions for the following terms: “company,” “division,” “for-hire vessel,” and “for-hire vessel company.”...

Actions Against Vessels

October 18, 2025 2:30 amOctober 18, 2025 2:31 am

Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 3 of the Harbors and Navigation Code deals with civil actions and liens against vessels in California. Section 490 provides that debts amounting to at least $50 that are contracted for the benefit of vessels...

California Public Beach Restoration

July 19, 2022 4:58 pmJuly 19, 2022 5:45 pm

California has numerous formal acts in statute. Harbors and Navigation Code Division 1, Chapter 2, Article 2.8 provides the California Public Beach Restoration Act, which is contained in Sections 69.5 to 69.9. Article 2.8 was added in 1999 by Chapter...

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...