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DIVISION 3. VESSELS 399-786›CHAPTER 2. Civil Actions and Liens 450-509›ARTICLE 1. Bottomry 450-462

§ 461

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

A bottomry lien, if created out of a real or apparent necessity, in good faith, is preferred to every other lien or claim upon the same thing, excepting only a lien for seamen’s wages, a subsequent lien of material-men for supplies or repairs indispensable to the safety of the vessel, and a subsequent lien for salvage.

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

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