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2025 California Code
Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC
DIVISION 3 - VESSELS
CHAPTER 1 - Vessels Generally
ARTICLE 2 - Liability, Generally
Section 431.
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CA Harb & Nav Code § 431 (2025)
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431. The owner of things stowed on deck, in case of their jettison, is entitled to the benefit of a general average contribution only if it is usual to stow such things on deck upon such a voyage.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
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