The sheriff of any county in which any wrecked property is found, when no person entitled to possession appears, shall take possession of it in the name of the people, cause its value to be appraised by disinterested persons, and keep it in some safe place to answer the owner’s claims.
Cal. Harb. & Nav. Code § 512
Wrecks and Wrecked Property
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
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