ARTICLE 4. Effect of Course of Voyage [1940. - 1945.]

Cal. Insurance Code - INS 4.
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Cal. Insurance Code - INS § 1940. Section 1940.

When the voyage contemplated by marine insurance is described by the places of beginning and ending, the voyage insured is one which conforms to the course of sailing fixed by mercantile usage between those places.

Cal. Insurance Code - INS § 1941. Section 1941.

If the course of sailing is not fixed by mercantile usage, the voyage insured by marine insurance is that way between the places specified which, to a master of ordinary skill and discretion, would seem the most natural, direct, and advantageous.

Cal. Insurance Code - INS § 1942. Section 1942.

Deviation is: (a) A departure from the course of the voyage insured. (b) An unreasonable delay in pursuing the voyage. (c) The commencement of an entirely different voyage.

Cal. Insurance Code - INS § 1943. Section 1943.

A deviation is proper: (a) When caused by circumstances over which neither the master nor the owner of the ship has any control. (b) When necessary to comply with a warranty, or to avoid a peril, whether or not the peril is insured against. (c) When made in good faith and upon reasonable grounds of belief in its necessity to avoid a peril. (d) When made in good faith, for the purpose of saving human life or relieving another vessel in distress.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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