California Harbors and Navigation Code Section 461

CA Harb & Nav Code § 461 (2017)  

A bottomry lien, if created out of a real or apparent necessity, in good faith, is preferred to every other lien or claim upon the same thing, excepting only a lien for seamen’s wages, a subsequent lien of material-men for supplies or repairs indispensable to the safety of the vessel, and a subsequent lien for salvage.

(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018