§ 304 Vessel Destruction Fraud

This law says that if someone who runs a boat on state waters purposely damages, sinks, or lets a boat or its cargo be damaged to cheat or hurt another person, they commit a serious crime.

Key Takeaways

•Only people who are in charge of a boat are covered.
•The damage must be done on purpose, not by accident.
•The purpose has to be to cheat or hurt someone, like insurance fraud.
•Doing this is a felony, which is a very serious crime.

Example

A boat captain decides to sink his own boat and throw away the cargo so his insurance will pay him, or he lets a thief damage the boat to get money.

Because the captain intentionally caused the boat to be destroyed to get money from insurance, the law says he has broken the rule and can be charged with a felony.

A person in command or charge of a vessel, who, within this state, willfully wrecks, sinks, or otherwise injures or destroys it or any of its cargo, or willfully permits the same to be wrecked, sunk, or otherwise injured or destroyed, with intent to prejudice or defraud a person, is guilty of a felony. (Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 610, Sec. 22. (SB 717) Effective January 1, 2010.)

This law says that if someone who runs a boat on state waters purposely damages, sinks, or lets a boat or its cargo be damaged to cheat or hurt another person, they commit a serious crime.

Key Takeaways

•Only people who are in charge of a boat are covered.
•The damage must be done on purpose, not by accident.
•The purpose has to be to cheat or hurt someone, like insurance fraud.
•Doing this is a felony, which is a very serious crime.

Example

A boat captain decides to sink his own boat and throw away the cargo so his insurance will pay him, or he lets a thief damage the boat to get money.

Because the captain intentionally caused the boat to be destroyed to get money from insurance, the law says he has broken the rule and can be charged with a felony.

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