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Harbors and Navigation Code § 514

ARTICLE 1. Wrecks and Wrecked Property

Current as of September 28, 2026Harb. & Nav. Code, § 514Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 930, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.

If, within 90 days after wrecked property is found, any person claims the property, or its proceeds, and establishes his or her claim by evidence satisfactory to the judge of the superior court, the judge shall make an order directing the officer in whose possession the property or its proceeds may be, to deliver it to the claimant, upon the payment of a reasonable salvage and the necessary expenses of preservation.