California · Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC

HNC §874: If a mate or seaman dies during the voyage, his personal representatives are entitled to his wages to the time of his death, if he would have been entitled to them had he lived to the end of the voyag

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When a mate or seaman dies during a voyage, his personal representatives may collect his wages up to the date of death, as if he had completed the voyage.

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If a mate or seaman dies during the voyage, his personal representatives are entitled to his wages to the time of his death, if he would have been entitled to them had he lived to the end of the voyage.

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