Harbors and Navigation Code section 760

As used in this article, “for-hire vessel” includes any vessel propelled by machinery carrying more than three passengers for hire, except the following:

(a)

A sea plane on the water.

(b)

A watercraft specifically designed to operate on a permanently fixed course, the movement of which is restricted to or guided on such permanently fixed course by means of a mechanical device on a fixed track or arm to which the watercraft is attached or by which the watercraft is controlled, or by means of a mechanical device attached to the watercraft itself.

Source: Section 760, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=760.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1963; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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