600. As used in this chapter:(a) 'Watercraft' means any boat, ship, barge, craft or floating thing designed for navigation in the water; and(b) 'Nonresident' means a person who is not a resident of this State at the time the accident or collision occurs or at the time a cause of action or claim for relief arises against him, and also means a person who, at the time the accident or collision occurs or at the time a cause of action or claim for relief arises against him is a resident of this State but subsequently becomes a nonresident of this State.(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1280.)
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