Harbors and Navigation Code section 663.6

Every vessel subject to this chapter, if under way and lawfully ordered to stop and lie to by a peace officer or harbor policeman authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter who is either in a uniform of a law enforcement agency or the harbor police or in a vessel that is distinctly marked as belonging to a law enforcement agency or to the harbor police, shall stop immediately and lie to, or shall maneuver in such a way as to permit the peace officer or harbor police vessel to come alongside.

Source: Section 663.6, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=663.6. (accessed May 4, 2025).

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Apr. 24, 2025

§ 663.6’s source at ca.gov

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/harbors_and_navigation_code_section_663.6

Original Source: Section 663.6, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=663.6. (last accessed Apr. 24, 2025).