California Code
DIVISION 3 - VESSELS
CHAPTER 2 - Civil Actions and Liens

ARTICLE 1 - Bottomry

Section 450. - 450. Bottomry is a contract by which a vessel or...

Section 451. - 451. The owner of a vessel may hypothecate it or...

Section 452. - 452. The master of a vessel may hypothecate it upon...

Section 453. - 453. The master of a vessel can hypothecate it upon...

Section 454. - 454. The master of a vessel may hypothecate freightage upon...

Section 455. - 455. Upon a contract of bottomry, the parties may lawfully...

Section 456. - 456. A lender upon a contract of bottomry, made by...

Section 457. - 457. A stipulation in a contract of bottomry, imposing any...

Section 458. - 458. If there is a total loss of the thing...

Section 459. - 459. Unless it is otherwise expressly agreed, a bottomry loan...

Section 460. - 460. A bottomry lien is independent of possession, and is...

Section 461. - 461. A bottomry lien, if created out of a real...

Section 462. - 462. Of two or more bottomry liens on the same...

ARTICLE 2 - Respondentia

Section 470. - 470. Respondentia is a contract by which all or part...

Section 471. - 471. The owner of cargo may hypothecate it upon respondentia,...

Section 472. - 472. The master of a vessel may hypothecate its cargo...

Section 473. - 473. The owner of a vessel is bound to repay...

Section 474. - 474. The provisions of sections 455 to 462 of this...

ARTICLE 3 - Actions Against Vessels

Section 490. - 490. Debts amounting to at least fifty dollars ($50), contracted...

Section 491. - 491. All vessels are liable for: (a) Services rendered on...

Section 492. - 492. The master of a vessel has a general lien,...

Section 493. - 493. The mate and seamen of a vessel have a...

Section 494. - 494. The cost of repairing or replacing any buoy or...

Section 495. - 495. In any action brought pursuant to the provisions of...

Section 495.1. - 495.1. Notwithstanding Section 483.010 of the Code of Civil Procedure,...

Section 495.3. - 495.3. The writ shall be directed to the sheriff of...

Section 495.4. - 495.4. The sheriff or marshal to whom the writ is...

Section 495.5. - 495.5. The owner, or the master agent, or consignee of...

Section 495.6. - 495.6. After the attachment is levied, the owner, or the...

Section 495.7. - 495.7. After the appearance in the action of the owner,...

Section 495.8. - 495.8. If the attachment is not discharged, and a judgment...

Section 495.9. - 495.9. Any mariner, boatman, or other person employed in the...

Section 496. - 496. If the claim of the mariner, boatman, or other...

Section 497. - 497. The notice of sale published by the sheriff or...

ARTICLE 4 - Boaters Lien Law

Section 500. - 500. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 501. - 501. As used in this article: (a) “Department” means the...

Section 501.3. - 501.3. The time a notice or statement is given or...

Section 501.5. - 501.5. The possessory vessel lien procedures described by the provisions...

Section 502. - 502. (a) Except as provided in Article 1.5 (commencing with...

Section 503. - 503. (a) A lienholder shall apply to the department for...

Section 504. - 504. (a) For vessels with a value determined to be...

Section 505. - 505. (a) A registered or legal owner of a vessel...

Section 505.5. - 505.5. (a) Whenever the lien upon any vessel is lost...

Section 506. - 506. No lien sale shall be undertaken pursuant to Section...

Section 506.5. - 506.5. Within 10 days after the sale of any vessel...

Section 507. - 507. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), at the...

Section 507.5. - 507.5. The proceeds of a vessel lien sale shall be...

Section 508. - 508. A lien provided for in this article for repairs,...

Section 508.5. - 508.5. All forms required pursuant to this article shall be...

Section 509. - 509. No lien shall attach to any personal property in...