{"code":"HNC","codeName":"Harbors and Navigation Code","section":"802","citation":"Harb. & Nav. Code, § 802","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 4. MASTERS, CREWS AND CARGOES [790. - 876.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Ship Masters and Cargoes [800. - 821.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/division-4/chapter-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.","effective":null,"html":"<p>On entering or leaving a port, harbor, or river, the master of a vessel, the navigation of which is not in charge of a pilot, licensed for that port, harbor, or river, shall take a pilot if one offers himself. While the pilot is on board the navigation of the vessel devolves on him.</p>","text":"On entering or leaving a port, harbor, or river, the master of a vessel, the navigation of which is not in charge of a pilot, licensed for that port, harbor, or river, shall take a pilot if one offers himself. While the pilot is on board the navigation of the vessel devolves on him.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/harbors-and-navigation-code/ship-masters-and-cargoes-802","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}