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2025 California Code
Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC
DIVISION 3 - VESSELS
CHAPTER 3 - Wrecks and Salvage
ARTICLE 1 - Wrecks and Wrecked Property
Section 511.
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CA Harb & Nav Code § 511 (2025)
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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 just claim for salvage and necessary expenses incurred in saving it, the claim shall be paid before the property can be reclaimed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
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