Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC
DIVISION 3. VESSELS [399 - 786]
( Division 3 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368. ) CHAPTER 3. Wrecks and Salvage [510 - 571]
( Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368. ) ARTICLE 1. Wrecks and Wrecked Property [510 - 527]
( Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368. ) 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.)