California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §117480: Every person who places, deposits, or dumps any garbage in or upon the navigable waters of this state, or who places, deposits, or loads it upon any vessel, with intent that it shall be dumped or depo

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a misdemeanor by placing, depositing, or dumping garbage in state navigable waters or loading it on a vessel intending it to be dumped in those waters or in ocean waters within twenty miles of the state coast.

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Every person who places, deposits, or dumps any garbage in or upon the navigable waters of this state, or who places, deposits, or loads it upon any vessel, with intent that it shall be dumped or deposited in or upon the navigable waters of this state, or at any point in the ocean within twenty miles of any point on the coast line of the state, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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