{"code":"HNC","codeName":"Harbors and Navigation Code","section":"308","citation":"Harb. & Nav. Code, § 308","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 4. Offenses [300. - 310.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-2/chapter-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 610, Sec. 26.   (SB 717)   Effective January 1, 2010.","effective":"2010-01-01","html":"<p>A person who moors a vessel of any kind, to a buoy or beacon, except a designated mooring buoy, placed in the waters of the state by authority of the United States Coast Guard, or who in any manner hangs on to the same, with a vessel, or who willfully removes, damages, or destroys any such buoy or beacon, or any part of the buoy or beacon, or who cuts down, removes, damages, or destroys a beacon erected on land in this state by that authority, is, for every offense, guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"A person who moors a vessel of any kind, to a buoy or beacon, except a designated mooring buoy, placed in the waters of the state by authority of the United States Coast Guard, or who in any manner hangs on to the same, with a vessel, or who willfully removes, damages, or destroys any such buoy or beacon, or any part of the buoy or beacon, or who cuts down, removes, damages, or destroys a beacon erected on land in this state by that authority, is, for every offense, guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/offenses-308","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}