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2025 California Code
Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC
DIVISION 4 - MASTERS, CREWS AND CARGOES
CHAPTER 3 - Mates and Seamen
Section 865.
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CA Harb & Nav Code § 865 (2025)
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865. A seaman can not, by special agreement, impair any of his rights, or add to any of his obligations, as defined by law, unless he fully understands the effect of the agreement and receives for it a fair compensation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
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