Cal. HNC § 303
This is the official text of Cal. HNC § 303, part of California’s Harbors and Navigation Code — regulates ports, harbors, and boating.
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Official statutory text
A person who willfully and maliciously burns, injures, or destroys any part of, or the whole of, a pile or raft of wood, plank, boards, or other lumber, or cuts loose or sets adrift the raft or part of the raft, that is the property of another, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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