{"code":"HNC","codeName":"Harbors and Navigation Code","section":"70.3","citation":"Harb. & Nav. Code, § 70.3","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1. DEPARTMENT OF BOATING AND WATERWAYS AND THE BOATING AND WATERWAYS COMMISSION [30. - 88.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Department of Boating and Waterways [50. - 77.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-1/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Small Craft Harbors and Connecting Waterways [70. - 72.9.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-1/chapter-2/article-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 282, Sec. 1.   Effective January 1, 2001.","effective":"2001-01-01","html":"<p>“Harbor of safe refuge” means a port, harbor, inlet, or other body of water normally sheltered from heavy seas by land and in which a vessel can navigate and safely moor, as set forth in Section <a href=\"/hnc/70.5\">70.5</a>.</p>","text":"“Harbor of safe refuge” means a port, harbor, inlet, or other body of water normally sheltered from heavy seas by land and in which a vessel can navigate and safely moor, as set forth in Section 70.5.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/small-craft-harbors-and-connecting-waterways-70-3","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}