{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hnc-802","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HNC § 802","heading":"","body":"On entering or leaving a port, harbor, or river, the master of a vessel, the navigation of which is not in charge of a pilot, licensed for that port, harbor, or river, shall take a pilot if one offers himself. While the pilot is on board the navigation of the vessel devolves on him.","path":["Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC","DIVISION 4. MASTERS, CREWS AND CARGOES [790. - 876.]","CHAPTER 2. Ship Masters and Cargoes [800. - 821.]"],"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":"02b27f124c8209bdb6066ed2e5c34c0a7e2fc6907c734a0c973ebe683e9d0a8e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hnc-801","next":"us-ca/hnc-803"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}