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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. )

  
517.  

The rejection by the judge of any claim shall not preclude the claimant from maintaining an action against the officer for the recovery of the property or its proceeds. If the plaintiff prevails, there shall be deducted from the damages, in addition to salvage and expenses, all the defendant’s costs.

(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)