{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hnc-651.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HNC § 651.5","heading":"","body":"The Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide every person who originally registers, or who acquires the ownership certificate of, a vessel required to be numbered pursuant to Division 3.5 (commencing with Section 9840) of the Vehicle Code with a copy of guidelines for safe vessel operation prepared by the Department of Boating and Waterways.","path":["Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC","DIVISION 3. VESSELS [399. - 786.]","CHAPTER 5. Operation and Equipment of Vessels [650. - 774.4.]","ARTICLE 1. Operation and Equipment [650. - 674.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"4ff180a96db360608108931a4656bd5aa4f8f0c8875fae159e028117ae544618","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hnc-651.1","next":"us-ca/hnc-652"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}