2025 California Code
Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC
DIVISION 4 - MASTERS, CREWS AND CARGOES
CHAPTER 2 - Ship Masters and Cargoes
Section 816.

Universal Citation:
CA Harb & Nav Code § 816 (2025)
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816. The master of a vessel may sell the cargo if the voyage is broken up beyond the possibility of pursuing it, and no other vessel can be obtained to carry it to its destination, and the sale is otherwise absolutely necessary.

(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

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