{"code":"HNC","codeName":"Harbors and Navigation Code","section":"290","citation":"Harb. & Nav. Code, § 290","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. NAVIGATION [240. - 310.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Losses [280. - 294.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-2/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Liability [290. - 294.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-2/chapter-3/article-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.","effective":null,"html":"<p>If a collision is occasioned by failure to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, the owner of the vessel by which the rule is infringed can not recover compensation for damages sustained by the vessel unless the circumstances of the case made a departure from the rule necessary.</p>","text":"If a collision is occasioned by failure to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, the owner of the vessel by which the rule is infringed can not recover compensation for damages sustained by the vessel unless the circumstances of the case made a departure from the rule necessary.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/liability-290","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}