State California HNC Sec 570-571 Offenses (WRECKS AND SALVAGE - VESSELS ) HARBORS AND NAVIGATION CODE SECTION 570-571 570. Any person who keeps any wrecked property, or its proceeds, after the salvage and expenses have been agreed to or adjusted, and the amount paid to him, is punishable by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both. 571. Any person who takes away any goods from any stranded vessel, or any goods cast by the sea upon the land, or found in any bay or creek, or who knowingly has in his possession any goods so taken or found, and does not deliver them to the sheriff of the county where they were found, or notify him of his readiness to do so within thirty days after they have been taken by him or have come into his possession, is guilty of a misdemeanor.