{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1959","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1959","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 5. HIRING [1925. - 1997.270.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Hiring of Personal Property [1955. - 1959.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-5/chapter-3"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The contract by which a ship is let is termed a charter party. By it the owner may either let the capacity or burden of the ship, continuing the employment of the owner’s master, crew, and equipments, or may surrender the entire ship to the charterer, who then provides them himself. The master or a part owner may be a charterer.</p>","text":"The contract by which a ship is let is termed a charter party. By it the owner may either let the capacity or burden of the ship, continuing the employment of the owner’s master, crew, and equipments, or may surrender the entire ship to the charterer, who then provides them himself. The master or a part owner may be a charterer.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/hiring-of-personal-property-1959","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}