ARTICLE 1. Wrecks and Wrecked Property
Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
§§ 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…