Harbors and Navigation Code section 256

When any steam vessel is running in the night-time the master shall cause to be shown two conspicuous lights, one exposed near the bow and the other near the stern, the latter to be at least twenty feet above the deck.

Source: Section 256, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=256. (updated Jan. 1, 1937; accessed Oct. 27, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 256, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=256. (last accessed May 12, 2025).