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. ) 512.
The sheriff of any county in which any wrecked property is found, when no person entitled to possession appears, shall take possession of it in the name of the people, cause its value to be appraised by disinterested persons, and keep it in some safe place to answer the owner’s claims.
(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)