DIVISION 3. VESSELS 399-786›CHAPTER 3. Wrecks and Salvage 510-571›ARTICLE 1. Wrecks and Wrecked Property 510-527

§ 512

California Harbors and Navigation Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The sheriff of any county in which any wrecked property is found, when no person entitled to possession appears, shall take possession of it in the name of the people, cause its value to be appraised by disinterested persons, and keep it in some safe place to answer the owner’s claims.

(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

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