§ 492

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

The master of a vessel has a general lien, independent of possession, upon the vessel and freightage, for advances necessarily made or liability necessarily incurred by him for the benefit of the vessel, but he has no lien for wages.

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

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