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HNC § 511

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC
  2. DIVISION 3. VESSELS [399. - 786.]
  3. CHAPTER 3. Wrecks and Salvage [510. - 571.]
  4. ARTICLE 1. Wrecks and Wrecked Property [510. - 527.]

Wrecked property may be kept or reclaimed at the time of the wreck by the owner, consignee, or other person entitled to possession; but if any person has a just claim for salvage and necessary expenses incurred in saving it, the claim shall be paid before the property can be reclaimed.

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