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DIVISION 2. NAVIGATION 240-310›CHAPTER 2. Penalties 250-268

§ 261

California Harbors and Navigation Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every steam vessel navigating any waters of this State and carrying passengers, shall be equipped with boats as follows:

(a) If of five hundred tons measurement, one first-class life-boat and one row-boat, twenty-five feet long by seven wide, each capable of carrying fifty persons; and at least one other good row-boat.

(b) If of two hundred and fifty and less than five hundred tons measurement, at least two ordinary row-boats.

(c) If of less than two hundred and fifty tons burden, at least one small row-boat.

The boats shall be so attached that they can be launched at any time for immediate use.

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

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