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Navigation Offenses in California

June 19, 2025 2:30 amJune 19, 2025 2:31 am

In Division 2, Chapter 4 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code, there are specified offenses in navigation. Section 300 states that a person who willfully and maliciously cuts, breaks, injures, sinks, or sets adrift a vessel of less than...

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General Provisions Related to the Division of Property

June 18, 2025 2:30 amJune 18, 2025 2:31 am

Division 7, Part 2, of the California Family Code concerns general provisions related to the division of property in this state. Section 2550 provides that, with certain exceptions, in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of...

Mates and Seamen in California

June 17, 2025 2:30 amJune 17, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Harbors and Navigation Code, in Division 4, Chapter 3, deals with mates and seamen. Section 860 provides that the mate is the officer next in rank to the master and, in case of the master’s disability the mate becomes...

Persons Allowed to Perform Weddings in California

June 16, 2025 2:30 amJune 16, 2025 2:31 am

Division 3, Part 3, Chapter 1 of the California Family Code deals with persons who are authorized to solemnize marriage in this state. Section 400 provides that, although marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil, and not...

General Provisions of the Family Code

June 15, 2025 2:37 amJune 15, 2025 2:38 am

Division 2 of the Family Code deals with general provisions. Part 1 concerns jurisdiction and Section 200 states that the superior court has jurisdiction in proceedings under this code. Part 2 concerns general procedural provisions. Section 210 says that the...

The Format and Style of California’s Budget Bill

June 14, 2025 9:21 amJune 14, 2025 9:21 am

In the Budget Bill adopted each year prior to the start of the state’s fiscal year on July 1, there is a bill section that actually sets forth the format and style of the budget. In SB/AB 101, the 2025-26...

Definitions for Pilots in California Bays

June 14, 2025 2:25 amJune 14, 2025 2:26 am

Division 5, Chapter 1, Article 3 provides for definitions for the pilots in the Bays of Monterey, San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. Section 1110 defines the terms “Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun” and “Monterey Bay.” Section...