California Harbors and Navigation Code

§ 526

HNC § 526 Effective Jan 1, 2014Div. 3 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any wrecked property that is an unseaworthy derelict or hulk, abandoned property as described in Section 522, or property removed from a navigable waterway pursuant to Section 523 or 524 that is an unseaworthy derelict or hulk, may be sold or otherwise disposed of by the public agency that removed or caused the removal of the property pursuant to this section, subject to the following conditions, except a surrendered vessel, as defined in Section 526.1, may be disposed of immediately upon acceptance by a public agency and is not subject to the following conditions:

(1)The property has been appraised by disinterested persons, and has an estimated value of less than two thousand dollars ($2,000).

(2)There is no discernable registration, license, hull identification number, or other identifying insignia on the property, or the Department of Motor Vehicles is unable to produce any record of the registered or legal owners or lienholders.

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 416, Sec. 3) by Stats. 2013, Ch. 204, Sec. 3. (SB 122) Effective January 1, 2014.