Harbors and Navigation Code section 813

The master of a vessel may procure all its necessary repairs and supplies, may engage cargo and passengers for carriage, and, in a foreign port, may enter into a charter-party. His contracts for these purposes bind the owner to the full amount of the value of the vessel and freightage.

Source: Section 813, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=813. (updated Jan. 1, 1937; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/harbors_and_navigation_code_section_813

Original Source: Section 813, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HNC§ionNum=813. (last accessed May 12, 2025).