Harbors and Navigation Code section 258

The person in charge of any vessel at anchor in the night-time in any of the harbors or ports within the jurisdiction of this state, who fails to cause a conspicuous light to be shown in the rigging at least twenty feet above the deck, and another light to be shown from the taffrail, incurs a penalty of fifty dollars for every neglect.

Source: Section 258, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=258.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1937; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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