California Harbors and Navigation Code ARTICLE 3 - Actions Against Vessels

• Section 490.
  Debts amounting to at least fifty dollars ($50), contracted for the benefit of vessels, are liens in the cases provided in Section 491.Actions for any...
• Section 491.
  All vessels are liable for:(a) Services rendered on board at the request of, or under contract with, their respective owners, masters, agents, or consignees.(b) Supplies furnished in...
• Section 492.
  The master of a vessel has a general lien, independent of possession, upon the vessel and freightage, for advances necessarily made or liability necessarily incurred...
• Section 493.
  The mate and seamen of a vessel have a general lien, independent of possession, upon the vessel and freightage, for their wages, which is superior...
• Section 494.
  The cost of repairing or replacing any buoy or beacon which is maintained by authority of the United States Bureau of Lighthouses which may be...
• Section 495.
  In any action brought pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the complaint shall designate the vessel by name, and shall be verified by the...
• Section 495.1.
  Notwithstanding Section 483.010 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the plaintiff, at the time of issuing the summons, or at any time afterwards, may have...
• Section 495.3.
  The writ shall be directed to the sheriff of the county within which the vessel lies, or the marshal of the court, and direct him...
• Section 495.4.
  The sheriff or marshal to whom the writ is directed and delivered shall execute it without delay, and shall attach and keep in his or...
• Section 495.5.
  The owner, or the master agent, or consignee of the vessel, may, on behalf of the owner, appear and answer or plead to the action...
• Section 495.6.
  After the attachment is levied, the owner, or the master, agent, or consignee of the vessel, may, in behalf of the owner, have the attachment...
• Section 495.7.
  After the appearance in the action of the owner, the attachment may, on motion, also be discharged in the same manner, and on like terms...
• Section 495.8.
  If the attachment is not discharged, and a judgment is recovered in the action in favor of the plaintiff, and an execution is issued thereon,...
• Section 495.9.
  Any mariner, boatman, or other person employed in the service of the vessel attached, who may wish to assert his or her claim for wages...
• Section 496.
  If the claim of the mariner, boatman, or other person filed with the clerk of the court, as provided in Section 495.9, is not contested...
• Section 497.
  The notice of sale published by the sheriff or marshal must contain a statement of the measurement and tonnage of the vessel and a general...

Last modified: October 22, 2018