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DIVISION 2. NAVIGATION 240-310›CHAPTER 3. Losses 280-294›ARTICLE 2. Liability 290-294

§ 290

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

If a collision is occasioned by failure to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, the owner of the vessel by which the rule is infringed can not recover compensation for damages sustained by the vessel unless the circumstances of the case made a departure from the rule necessary.

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

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