Harbors and Navigation Code section 1121

If any pilot, in endeavoring to assist or relieve any vessel in distress, suffers loss or damage to the pilot’s vessel, the owner and operator of the distressed vessel are jointly and severally liable for the loss or damage.

Source: Section 1121, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=1121. (updated Jan. 1, 1984; accessed Sep. 8, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/harbors_and_navigation_code_section_1121

Original Source: Section 1121, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=1121. (last accessed May 12, 2025).