California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Sections 420-432
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 420
A marine carrier is liable in like manner as an inland carrier, except for loss or injury caused by the perils of the sea or...
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 421
The liability of a common carrier by sea is further regulated by acts of Congress. ...
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 422
Perils of the sea are: (a) Storms and waves. (b) Rocks, shoals, and rapids. (c) Other obstacles, though of human origin. (d) Changes of climate....
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 423
A marine carrier shall not stow freight upon deck during the voyage, except where it is usual so to do, nor make any improper deviation...
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 424
The owner of a vessel is bound to pay to the owner of her cargo the market value, at the time of arrival of the...
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 425
A carrier by water may, when in case of extreme peril it is necessary for the safety of the vessel or cargo, throw overboard, or...
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 426
So far as possible, a jettison shall begin with the most bulky and least valuable articles. ...
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 427
A jettison can be made only by authority of the master of a vessel, except in case of his disability, or of an overruling necessity,...
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 428
The loss incurred by a jettison, when lawfully made, shall be borne in due proportion by all that part of the vessel, appurtenances, freightage, and...
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 429
The proportions in which a general average loss is to be borne shall be ascertained by an adjustment, in which the owner of each separate...
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 430
In estimating values for the purpose of a general average, the vessel and appurtenances shall be valued as at the end of the voyage, the...
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 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...
- California Laws: Harbors and Navigation Code Section 432
The law concerning jettison and general average is equally applicable to every other voluntary sacrifice of property on a vessel, or to an expense necessarily...