Harbors and Navigation Code section 802

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.

Source: Section 802, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=802. (updated Jan. 1, 1937; accessed Jun. 29, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/harbors_and_navigation_code_section_802

Original Source: Section 802, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=802. (last accessed May 12, 2025).