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DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 106500-119406›PART 13. GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL 117400-117590›CHAPTER 4. Waste and Waste Disposal 117400-117590›ARTICLE 2. Pollution of Navigable Waters with Garbage 117475-117500

§ 117480

California Health and Safety Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every person who places, deposits, or dumps any garbage in or upon the navigable waters of this state, or who places, deposits, or loads it upon any vessel, with intent that it shall be dumped or deposited in or upon the navigable waters of this state, or at any point in the ocean within twenty miles of any point on the coast line of the state, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

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