511. Wrecked property may be kept or reclaimed at the time of the wreck by the owner, consignee, or other person entitled to possession; but if any person has a just claim for salvage and necessary expenses incurred in saving it, the claim shall be paid before the property can be reclaimed.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
California Legal Code
§ 511
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