CHAPTER 3. Wrecks and Salvage [510. - 571.]

Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.

§§ 510–571 · 30 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Wrecks and Wrecked Property §§ 510–527 · 20 sections

   • § 510 The sheriff of each county shall give all possible aid and assistance to vessels stranded on its coast, and to the persons on board. He shall exert himself to…
   • § 511 Wrecked property may be kept or reclaimed at the time of the wreck by the owner, consignee, or other person entitled to possession; but if any person has a…
   • § 512 The sheriff of any county in which any wrecked property is found, when no person entitled to possession appears, shall take possession of it in the name of the…
   • § 513 If wrecked property is in a perishable state, the sheriff shall apply to the judge of the superior court, upon a verified petition, for an order authorizing…
   • § 514 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…
   • § 515 Before making the order, the judge shall require from the claimant a bond to the people to be approved by the judge and filed with the clerk of the court, in a…
   • § 516 If the bond becomes forfeited, the judge of the superior court, upon the application, supported by proof of the person entitled to its benefit shall make an…
   • § 517 The rejection by the judge of any claim shall not preclude the claimant from maintaining an action against the officer for the recovery of the property or its…
   • § 518 If, within 60 days after saving wrecked property, no claimant of the property appears, or, if within 60 days after a claim, the salvage and expenses are not…
   • § 519 Public notice of every sale of wrecked property under the provisions of this article shall be published by the officer making the sale for at least two weeks…
   • § 520 Every sheriff into whose possession any wrecked property comes, shall forthwith cause to be published for at least two weeks in succession, in one or more of…
   • § 521 The expense of publishing notices under the provisions of this article is a charge upon the property or proceeds to which it relates.
   • § 522 (a) Any hulk, derelict, wreck, or parts of any ship, vessel, or other watercraft sunk, beached, or allowed to remain in an unseaworthy or dilapidated condition…
   • § 523 (a) A peace officer, as described in Section 663, or a lifeguard or marine safety officer employed by a county, city, or district while engaged in the…
   • § 524 (a) Any peace officer, as described in Section 663, may store any vessel removed from private property when the vessel is found on, or attached to, private…
   • § 525 (a) Except for the urgent and immediate concern for the safety of those aboard a vessel, a person shall not abandon a vessel upon a public waterway or public…
   • § 525.5 (a) On or before January 1, 2005, the department shall submit recommendations to the Legislature on strategies to prevent recreational vessels from being…
   • § 526 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any wrecked property that is an unseaworthy derelict or hulk, abandoned property as described in Section 522,…
   • § 526.1 For purposes of this article, “surrendered vessel” means a recreational vessel that the verified titleholder has willingly surrendered to a willing public…
   • § 527 It is the intent of the Legislature that a sum of not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) be appropriated from the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund…
2. ARTICLE 2. Salvage §§ 530–534 · 5 sections

   • § 530 Sheriffs and all persons employed by them or aiding in the recovery and preservation of wrecked property, are entitled to a reasonable allowance as salvage for…
   • § 531 Every officer to whom an order for the delivery of wrecked property or the payment of its proceeds is directed, shall present to the claimant of the property…
   • § 532 If, in any case, the amount of salvage and expenses is not settled by agreement, on the application of the owner or consignee of the property, or the master or…
   • § 533 The fees and expenses of the contest shall be paid by the person upon whose application it was had, and are a charge on the property saved. Each referee is…
   • § 534 Any person, other than the master, mate, or a seaman of a wrecked vessel, who rescues it, or its appurtenances or cargo from danger, is entitled to a…
3. ARTICLE 3. Marine Debris §§ 550–552 · 3 sections

   • § 550 For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) A “vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial…
   • § 551 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, marine debris that is floating, sunk, partially sunk, or beached in or on a public waterway, public beach, or on state…
   • § 552 On or before January 1, 2017, the State Lands Commission shall adopt, at a public meeting and after consultation with interested state and local agencies, best…
4. ARTICLE 4. Offenses §§ 570–571 · 2 sections

   • § 570 Any person who keeps any wrecked property, or its proceeds, after the salvage and expenses have been agreed to or adjusted, and the amount paid to him, is…
   • § 571 (a) A person who takes away any goods from a stranded vessel, or any goods cast by the sea upon the land, or found in a bay or creek, or who knowingly has in…