California Harbors and Navigation Code CHAPTER 1 - Private Wharves and Piers

• Section 4000.
  The board of supervisors of any county may, upon approval of the Public Utilities Commission, grant authority to any person to construct a wharf, chute,...
• Section 4001.
  The board of supervisors of each county may upon approval of the Department of Finance through the Chief of the Division of State Lands, grant...
• Section 4002.
  Application for such authority is made by publishing notice as required in the next section, and by filing a petition in writing, containing:(a) The name and...
• Section 4003.
  Each applicant shall publish a notice in at least one newspaper in each county which the wharf or chute touches, and in which it is...
• Section 4004.
  When any lands sought to be appropriated and used for a wharf or chute are not owned by the applicant or if a right of...
• Section 4005.
  If the owner of the land is a nonresident of the county the sheriff may make service by leaving a copy of the notice of...
• Section 4006.
  On the day named in the notice, or to which the hearing is adjourned, the board shall hear proof of the publication and service of...
• Section 4007.
  The grant conveys to the grantee or applicant the right of way and all necessary use, for the purposes of the wharf or chute, of...
• Section 4008.
  The grant carries with it the right to have unencumbered and unobstructed the land and water on each side of the wharf or chute from...
• Section 4009.
  After authority to construct a wharf or chute has been granted, until the grantee has procured from the owner the right-of-way and other necessary incidental...
• Section 4010.
  The wharf or chute shall not be of a greater width than seventy-five feet, and it may extend to navigable water. A wharf constructed upon...
• Section 4011.
  The orders granting authority, and agreements, contracts, deeds, and decrees of courts granting the right of way and other use of lands, shall be filed...
• Section 4012.
  The board shall annually fix the rate of tolls or wharfage for the use of the wharf or chute, to produce an income of not...
• Section 4013.
  When the wharf or chute is completed and the tolls or wharfage fixed, the owner is entitled to a license to take tolls for the...
• Section 4014.
  An owner or keeper of a wharf or chute who takes toll or wharfage for its use forfeits the sum of twenty-five dollars, and is...
• Section 4015.
  Authority shall not be granted under this chapter which will interfere with vested rights, or interfere with or infringe grants made by State authority. Authority...
• Section 4016.
  The lands of the State situated in the city of San Francisco, and those otherwise disposed of or situated within the limits of any incorporated...
• Section 4017.
  A board of supervisors of a county may grant any railroad corporation authority to construct a wharf on or in front of any lands owned...

Last modified: October 22, 2018