Harb. & Nav. Code, § 511 · Article 1. Wrecks and Wrecked Property
Harb. & Nav. Code, § 511
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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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
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