California Harbors and Navigation Code

§ 600

HNC § 600Div. 3 · Ch. 4

Statute text

As used in this chapter:

(a)“Watercraft” means any boat, ship, barge, craft or floating thing designed for navigation in the water; and

(b)“Nonresident” means a person who is not a resident of this State at the time the accident or collision occurs or at the time a cause of action or claim for relief arises against him, and also means a person who, at the time the accident or collision occurs or at the time a cause of action or claim for relief arises against him is a resident of this State but subsequently becomes a nonresident of this State.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1280.