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DIVISION 4. MASTERS, CREWS AND CARGOES 790-876›CHAPTER 2. Ship Masters and Cargoes 800-821

§ 819

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

Unless otherwise expressly agreed, or unless the contracting parties give exclusive credit to the owner, the master of a vessel is personally liable upon his contracts relative to the vessel, even when the owner is also liable.

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

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