Harbors and Navigation Code section 307

(a)

A person who moors a vessel to, or hangs on with a vessel to, a buoy or beacon, except a designated mooring buoy, is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(b)

A person who willfully removes, damages, or destroys a buoy or beacon, placed by competent authority in any navigable waters of this state, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Source: Section 307, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=307.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2015; accessed Sep. 22, 2025).

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