DIVISION 2. NAVIGATION [240. - 310.]
Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
§§ 240–310 · 41 sections
CHAPTER 1. Scope of Division § 240 · 1 section
- § 240 The provisions of this Division, in so far as they are not in conflict with the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction and laws of the United States, apply to…
CHAPTER 2. Penalties §§ 250–268 · 18 sections
- § 250 When steam vessels meet each shall turn to the right, so as to pass without interference.
- § 251 When a passenger is to be landed from a steam vessel by means of a small boat, he shall not be permitted to get into it until it is completely afloat and…
- § 252 No line used for the purpose of landing or receiving passengers may be attached in any way to the machinery of any steam vessel nor may the small boat used for…
- § 253 During the landing and receiving of a passenger, and the going and returning of the small boat for the purpose, the engine shall be stopped, and may not be put…
- § 254 There shall be kept in every small boat a good and suitable pair of oars. In the night-time a signal, by means of a horn or trumpet, shall be given to the…
- § 255 A steam vessel going in the same direction as a steam vessel ahead of it shall not approach or pass within the distance of ten yards; and the steam vessel…
- § 256 When any steam vessel is running in the night-time the master shall cause to be shown two conspicuous lights, one exposed near the bow and the other near the…
- § 257 Every person in charge of a steam vessel who violates any of the provisions of the preceding seven sections, incurs a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars…
- § 258 The person in charge of any vessel at anchor in the night-time in any of the harbors or ports within the jurisdiction of this state, who fails to cause a…
- § 259 Neither the master nor the owner of any vesel can recover damages for injuries to the vessel or to himself resulting from a collision growing out of a failure…
- § 260 Every raft of timber floated on the Sacramento or San Joaquin rivers at night which fails to show two red lights, one at each end, and at least ten feet above…
- § 261 Every steam vessel navigating any waters of this State and carrying passengers, shall be equipped with boats as follows: (a) If of five hundred tons…
- § 262 Every master or owner, and each of them, of any vessel not provided with boats as required by this chapter, incurs a penalty of not exceeding two hundred and…
- § 263 Every person in charge of a steam vessel navigating any of the waters of this State which is used for the conveyance of passengers, and every person in charge…
- § 264 (a) A captain or other person having charge of any steam vessel used for the conveyance of passengers, or of its boilers and engines, who, from ignorance or…
- § 265 The owners of every steam vessel are responsible for the good conduct of the master or other person in charge employed by them, and they are jointly and…
- § 266 The penalties established by this chapter may be recovered by the district attorney of any county bordering on the water where the offense was committed or the…
- § 268 (a) Counties or cities may adopt restrictions concerning the navigation and operation of vessels and water skis, aquaplanes, or similar devices subject to the…
CHAPTER 3. Losses §§ 280–294 · 11 sections
ARTICLE 1. Navigation Rules §§ 280–285 · 6 sections
- § 280 The provisions of this article in addition to the provisions of other parts of this code which relate to navigation shall be observed by vessels when they meet.
- § 281 Whenever any vessel, whether a steam vessel or sailing vessel, proceeding in one direction, meets another vessel, whether a steam vessel or sailing vessel,…
- § 282 Sailing vessels, having the wind fair, shall give way to those on a wind. When both are going by the wind, the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep its…
- § 283 A steam vessel navigating a narrow channel shall, whenever it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which lies on its…
- § 284 When steam vessels will inevitably or necessarily cross so near that by continuing their respective courses, there would be a risk of collision, each shall…
- § 285 The rules of this article do not apply to any case for which a different rule is provided by the regulations concerning lights upon steam vessels, or for the…
ARTICLE 2. Liability §§ 290–294 · 5 sections
- § 290 If a collision is occasioned by failure to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, the owner of the vessel by which the rule is infringed can not…
- § 291 Damage to person or property arising from the failure of a vessel to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, shall be deemed to have been occasioned by…
- § 292 Losses caused by collision are to be borne as follows: (a) If either party was exclusively in fault he shall bear his own loss, and he shall compensate the…
- § 293 Where damage arises out of, or is caused directly and proximately by, the acts of an owner or operator, without the interposition of any external or…
- § 294 (a) Any person responsible for natural gas, oil, drilling waste, or exploration, as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (g), shall be absolutely liable…
CHAPTER 4. Offenses §§ 300–310 · 11 sections
- § 300 A person who willfully and maliciously cuts, breaks, injures, sinks, or sets adrift a vessel of less than ten gross tons that is the property of another is…
- § 301 A person who willfully and maliciously cuts, breaks, or injures a vessel of ten gross tons and upwards that is the property of another is guilty of a…
- § 302 A person who willfully and maliciously sinks or sets adrift a vessel of ten gross tons and upwards that is the property of another is guilty of a felony.
- § 303 A person who willfully and maliciously burns, injures, or destroys any part of, or the whole of, a pile or raft of wood, plank, boards, or other lumber, or…
- § 304 A person in command or charge of a vessel, who, within this state, willfully wrecks, sinks, or otherwise injures or destroys it or any of its cargo, or…
- § 305 A person, other than one described in Section 304 who is guilty of any act specified in that section is guilty of a felony.
- § 306 A person who prepares, makes, or subscribes a false or fraudulent manifest, invoice, bill of lading, ship’s register, or protest, with intent to defraud…
- § 307 (a) A person who moors a vessel to, or hangs on with a vessel to, a buoy or beacon, except a designated mooring buoy, is guilty of an infraction, punishable by…
- § 308 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…
- § 309 A person found guilty of a misdemeanor violation as provided in this chapter shall be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or…
- § 310 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person found guilty of a felony violation as provided in this chapter shall be subject to a fine not to exceed…