Section 600 Of Chapter 4. Service Of Process From California Harbors And Navigation Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 4.
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. 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.