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California Harbors and Navigation Code

§ 817

HNC § 817Div. 4 · Ch. 2
The master of a vessel in case of its capture may engage to pay a ransom for it in money or in part of the cargo, and his engagement will bind the vessel, freightage, and cargo.

Legislative history

Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.

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