Harbors and Navigation Code section 600

As used in this chapter:

(a)

“Watercraft” means any boat, ship, barge, craft or floating thing designed for navigation in the water; and

(b)

“Nonresident” means a person who is not a resident of this State at the time the accident or collision occurs or at the time a cause of action or claim for relief arises against him, and also means a person who, at the time the accident or collision occurs or at the time a cause of action or claim for relief arises against him is a resident of this State but subsequently becomes a nonresident of this State.

Source: Section 600, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=600.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1963; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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