§ 258

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

The person in charge of any vessel at anchor in the night-time in any of the harbors or ports within the jurisdiction of this state, who fails to cause a conspicuous light to be shown in the rigging at least twenty feet above the deck, and another light to be shown from the taffrail, incurs a penalty of fifty dollars for every neglect.

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

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