California Code
DIVISION 3 - VESSELS
CHAPTER 5 - Operation and Equipment of Vessels

ARTICLE 1 - Operation and Equipment

Section 650. - 650. It is the policy of this state to promote...

Section 650.1. - 650.1. (a) This chapter shall apply to vessels and associated...

Section 651. - 651. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly...

Section 651.1. - 651.1. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly...

Section 651.5. - 651.5. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall provide every person...

Section 652. - 652. (a) The department may issue regulations to do all...

Section 652.5. - 652.5. (a) The use of a distinctive blue light as...

Section 654. - 654. (a) (1) For the purposes of this section, a...

Section 654.03. - 654.03. (a) A person may not manufacture for sale a...

Section 654.05. - 654.05. (a) The owner of a motorized recreational vessel that...

Section 654.06. - 654.06. No person shall sell or offer for sale at...

Section 654.1. - 654.1. Boating facilities constructed with funds derived from the state...

Section 654.3. - 654.3. (a) Each diesel powered vessel operating exclusively in California,...

Section 654.5. - 654.5. A person who maliciously throws, hurls, or projects an...

Section 655. - 655. (a) No person shall use any vessel or manipulate...

Section 655.05. - 655.05. (a) No person shall operate a vessel other than...

Section 655.1. - 655.1. (a) As used in this section, “mechanically propelled vessel”...

Section 655.2. - 655.2. (a) Every owner, operator, or person in command of...

Section 655.3. - 655.3. The department may adopt regulations to establish and maintain...

Section 655.4. - 655.4. (a) No person shall serve as a crew member...

Section 655.5. - 655.5. (a) Whenever a person convicted of any violation of...

Section 655.6. - 655.6. (a) It is an infraction for a person under...

Section 655.7. - 655.7. (a) A person operating a personal watercraft equipped by...

Section 656. - 656. (a) It is the duty of the operator of...

Section 656.1. - 656.1. The operator of any vessel involved in an accident...

Section 656.2. - 656.2. In addition to the requirements of Section 656.1, the...

Section 656.3. - 656.3. In addition to the requirements of Sections 656.1 and...

Section 656.4. - 656.4. The department is authorized to develop a program of...

Section 657. - 657. In accordance with any request duly made by an...

Section 658. - 658. (a) No person shall operate a vessel on any...

Section 658.3. - 658.3. (a) A person shall not operate a motorboat, sailboat,...

Section 658.5. - 658.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person...

Section 658.7. - 658.7. (a) Failure of the operator of a vessel involved...

Section 659. - 659. The department may make rules and regulations for the...

Section 660. - 660. (a) Any ordinance, law, regulation, or rule relating to...

Section 661. - 661. (a) Every owner of an undocumented vessel numbered under...

Section 662. - 662. A copy of the ordinances or local laws adopted...

Section 663. - 663. Every peace officer of this state or of any...

Section 663.1. - 663.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a peace officer...

Section 663.5. - 663.5. Within the territorial limits of a county, city, or...

Section 663.6. - 663.6. Every vessel subject to this chapter, if under way...

Section 663.7. - 663.7. (a) Each county of the state is entitled to...

Section 664. - 664. (a) When any person is arrested for a violation...

Section 665. - 665. Any person willfully violating his written promise to appear...

Section 666. - 666. When a person signs a written promise to appear...

Section 667. - 667. In addition to any other court which may be...

Section 668. - 668. (a) Any person who violates subdivision (c) of Section...

Section 668.1. - 668.1. (a) A person convicted of a violation of subdivision...

Section 668.2. - 668.2. The department may grant funds from the Harbors and...

Section 668.3. - 668.3. (a) For the purposes of Section 668.1, the department...

Section 668.5. - 668.5. (a) The interest of any registered owner of a...

Section 669. - 669. The regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this...

Section 673. - 673. The owner of a boat livery shall cause to...

Section 674. - 674. Neither the owner of a boat livery nor his...

ARTICLE 1.3 - Quagga and Zebra Mussel Infestation Prevention Fee

Section 675. - 675. (a) In addition to the fees imposed pursuant to...

Section 676. - 676. (a) All moneys deposited in the Harbors and Watercraft...

Section 676.1. - 676.1. Any person or entity that manages any aspect of...

Section 677. - 677. This article does not preempt a special district, city,...

ARTICLE 1.4 - Vessel Operators Education and Certification Cards

Section 678. - 678. (a) On or before January 1, 2018, the division...

Section 678.3. - 678.3. (a) (1) The division shall determine the fees required...

Section 678.5. - 678.5. (a) The division may develop and provide a vessel...

Section 678.7. - 678.7. (a) An amount not to exceed four million dollars...

Section 678.9. - 678.9. (a) On or before April 1, 2019, and on...

Section 678.11. - 678.11. (a) Subject to the schedule in subdivision (b), a...

Section 678.15. - 678.15. (a) A violation of this article is an infraction....

ARTICLE 1.5 - Anthony Farr and Stacy Beckett Boating Safety Act of 2004

Section 680. - 680. This act shall be known as the Anthony Farr...

Section 681. - 681. (a) It is unlawful to operate a motorized vessel...

Section 682. - 682. All state-sponsored boating safety courses and all boating safety...

Section 683. - 683. (a) When a new or used motorized vessel is...

Section 684. - 684. (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall insert the...

Section 685. - 685. The Department of Boating and Waterways pursuant to subdivision...

ARTICLE 2 - Yacht and Ship Brokers

Section 700. - 700. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 701. - 701. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall...

Section 702. - 702. Except as otherwise provided by law, all records of...

Section 702.5. - 702.5. Any declaration, license, or other record electronically generated or...

Section 703. - 703. (a) The director may, in accordance with the State...

Section 704. - 704. In accordance with the provisions of Section 82 of...

Section 705. - 705. (a) The director may adopt a seal and such...

Section 706. - 706. The Attorney General shall act as the attorney for...

Section 707. - 707. The division shall publish or cause to be published...

Section 708. - 708. (a) No person shall engage in the business of,...

Section 709. - 709. No licensed broker or licensed salesman shall practice any...

Section 710. - 710. The definitions of “broker” and “salesperson,” as set forth...

Section 711. - 711. No person engaged in the business or acting in...

Section 712. - 712. (a) No licensed broker shall employ or compensate, directly...

Section 713. - 713. Nothing contained in this article shall preclude a partnership...

Section 714. - 714. A licensed broker who accepts funds from others in...

Section 715. - 715. Within one month after the closing of a transaction...

Section 716. - 716. (a) No broker shall engage in any transaction for...

Section 717. - 717. Application for a license as a broker shall be...

Section 718. - 718. Application for a license as a salesman shall be...

Section 719. - 719. (a) A person shall be deemed qualified to submit...

Section 720. - 720. The department may require proof as it deems advisable...

Section 721. - 721. (a) In addition to any proof of honesty, truthfulness,...

Section 722. - 722. The license first issued to a broker shall be...

Section 723. - 723. The license first issued to a salesman shall be...

Section 724. - 724. (a) An application on the form prescribed by the...

Section 725. - 725. Temporary licenses may be issued to salespersons under the...

Section 726. - 726. (a) A person who fails to renew his license...

Section 727. - 727. The department may issue a certificate of convenience to...

Section 728. - 728. (a) Every license issued to a corporation entitles one...

Section 729. - 729. (a) Every license issued to a partnership entitles one...

Section 729.5. - 729.5. (a) Any limited liability company licensed by the department...

Section 730. - 730. (a) Before any broker’s license shall be issued or...

Section 731. - 731. (a) A cash deposit given instead of the bond...

Section 732. - 732. The department may deny an application or temporarily suspend...

Section 733. - 733. The department may deny an application or may suspend...

Section 734. - 734. (a) The department shall not deny, suspend, or revoke...

Section 735. - 735. (a) Every broker shall maintain a definite place of...

Section 735.1. - 735.1. A licensed broker shall retain, for four years, copies...

Section 735.2. - 735.2. The department shall accept any electronic record or electronic...

Section 736. - 736. (a) The division shall adopt regulations setting forth the...

Section 737. - 737. (a) The proceedings and hearings under this article shall...

Section 738. - 738. (a) Each violation of a section or subdivision of...

Section 739. - 739. Any person who violates any provision of this article,...

Section 740. - 740. Any action taken in the enforcement of this article...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Stored Vessels

Section 754. - 754. (a) Every keeper of a storage facility shall keep...

ARTICLE 2.9 - Accident Liability Protection for Vessels

Section 759. - 759. For purposes of this article, the following provisions shall...

Section 759.2. - 759.2. The division shall require every for-hire vessel company to...

Section 759.4. - 759.4. The division shall, after a public hearing, set the...

Section 759.6. - 759.6. The protection required under Section 759.2 shall be evidenced...

Section 759.8. - 759.8. With the consent of the division, a copy of...

Section 759.10. - 759.10. The protection against liability shall be continued in effect...

Section 759.12. - 759.12. The division may establish rules as are necessary to...

Section 759.14. - 759.14. Any for-hire vessel company that knowingly refuses or fails...

Section 759.16. - 759.16. Following an administrative hearing, the division may impose a...

Section 759.18. - 759.18. (a) Upon filing of the evidence of liability protection...

Section 759.20. - 759.20. Upon receiving notification of impending cancellation of liability protection...

Section 759.22. - 759.22. Rules and regulations adopted by the Public Utilities Commission...

Section 759.24. - 759.24. This article shall become operative on July 1, 2018....

ARTICLE 3 - For-Hire Vessel Operators Licenses

Section 760. - 760. As used in this article, “for-hire vessel” includes any...

Section 761. - 761. No for-hire vessel, while carrying passengers for hire, shall...

Section 762. - 762. An applicant for an operator’s license shall submit his...

Section 764. - 764. Upon application for an operator’s license, the department shall...

Section 765. - 765. The examination may include a test of the applicant’s...

Section 766. - 766. Upon completion of the examination, the department may, with...

Section 767. - 767. An operator’s license issued by the department pursuant to...

Section 768. - 768. (a) The department may suspend or revoke any license...

Section 769. - 769. The department shall be responsible for administering the licensing...

Section 770. - 770. The division shall make rules and regulations to carry...

Section 771. - 771. It is unlawful and constitutes a misdemeanor for any...

Section 772. - 772. The authority and power granted to the department in...

ARTICLE 4 - Charter Boat Safety

Section 773. - 773. The Legislature finds and declares that the charter boat...

Section 773.1. - 773.1. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 773.2. - 773.2. As used in this article, the following definitions shall...

Section 773.3. - 773.3. No person shall take or offer to take seven...

Section 773.4. - 773.4. (a) No operator or charterer shall prevent any person...

Section 773.5. - 773.5. The operator of a charter boat, or the operator’s...

Section 773.6. - 773.6. An operator, or the operator’s employee or agent, who...

Section 773.7. - 773.7. The operator, or the operator’s employee or agent, of...

Section 773.8. - 773.8. (a) A charterer or operator who organizes charter boat...

Section 774. - 774. (a) Every charterer and every charter boat operator shall...

Section 774.1. - 774.1. No operator of a for-hire vessel shall leave or...

Section 774.2. - 774.2. The operation of Section 655, 773.5, 773.7, or 774.1...

Section 774.3. - 774.3. (a) Except as provided in Section 774, violation of...

Section 774.4. - 774.4. (a) This article does not impose any mandatory duties...