Harbors and Navigation Code section 769

The department shall be responsible for administering the licensing of operators of for-hire vessels and for enforcing the provisions of this article, and in this connection may inspect for-hire vessels as defined in Section 760 on waters of this state other than those waters which have been declared to be navigable by agencies of the federal government.

Source: Section 769, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=769. (updated Jan. 1, 1967; accessed Oct. 20, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/harbors_and_navigation_code_section_769

Original Source: Section 769, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=769. (last accessed May 12, 2025).