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

§ 511

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

Wrecked property may be kept or reclaimed at the time of the wreck by the owner, consignee, or other person entitled to possession; but if any person has a just claim for salvage and necessary expenses incurred in saving it, the claim shall be paid before the property can be reclaimed.

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

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