California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - Liability of Public Entities

  • Section 815.
    Except as otherwise provided by statute:(a) A public entity is not liable for an injury, whether such injury arises out of an act or omission of...
  • Section 815.2.
    (a) A public entity is liable for injury proximately caused by an act or omission of an employee of the public entity within the scope of...
  • Section 815.3.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, unless the elected official and the public entity are named as codefendants in the same action, a public...
  • Section 815.4.
    A public entity is liable for injury proximately caused by a tortious act or omission of an independent contractor of the public entity to the...
  • Section 815.6.
    Where a public entity is under a mandatory duty imposed by an enactment that is designed to protect against the risk of a particular kind...
  • Section 816.
    A public entity is not liable for injury arising out of any activity conducted by a member of the California National Guard pursuant to Section...
  • Section 818.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public entity is not liable for damages awarded under Section 3294 of the Civil Code or other damages...
  • Section 818.2.
    A public entity is not liable for an injury caused by adopting or failing to adopt an enactment or by failing to enforce any law.(Added...
  • Section 818.4.
    A public entity is not liable for an injury caused by the issuance, denial, suspension or revocation of, or by the failure or refusal to...
  • Section 818.5.
    The Department of Motor Vehicles is liable for any injury to a lienholder or good faith purchaser of a vehicle proximately caused by the department’s...
  • Section 818.6.
    A public entity is not liable for injury caused by its failure to make an inspection, or by reason of making an inadequate or negligent...
  • Section 818.7.
    No board, commission, or any public officer or employee of the state or of any district, county, city and county, or city is liable for...
  • Section 818.8.
    A public entity is not liable for an injury caused by misrepresentation by an employee of the public entity, whether or not such misrepresentation be...
  • Section 818.9.
    A court or county, its employees, independent contractors, and volunteers shall not be liable because of any advice provided to small claims court litigants or...

Last modified: October 22, 2018