California Government Code ARTICLE 3 - Liability of Public Employees

  • Section 820.
    (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute (including Section 820.2), a public employee is liable for injury caused by his act or omission to the same...
  • Section 820.2.
    Except as otherwise provided by statute, a public employee is not liable for an injury resulting from his act or omission where the act or...
  • Section 820.21.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the civil immunity of juvenile court social workers, child protection workers, and other public employees authorized to initiate...
  • Section 820.25.
    (a) For purposes of Section 820.2, the decision of a peace officer, as defined in Sections 830.1 and 830.2 of the Penal Code, or a state...
  • Section 820.4.
    A public employee is not liable for his act or omission, exercising due care, in the execution or enforcement of any law. Nothing in this...
  • Section 820.6.
    If a public employee acts in good faith, without malice, and under the apparent authority of an enactment that is unconstitutional, invalid or inapplicable, he...
  • Section 820.8.
    Except as otherwise provided by statute, a public employee is not liable for an injury caused by the act or omission of another person. Nothing...
  • Section 820.9.
    Members of city councils, mayors, members of boards of supervisors, members of school boards, members of governing boards of other local public entities, members of...
  • Section 821.
    A public employee is not liable for an injury caused by his adoption of or failure to adopt an enactment or by his failure to...
  • Section 821.2.
    A public employee is not liable for an injury caused by his issuance, denial, suspension or revocation of, or by his failure or refusal to...
  • Section 821.4.
    A public employee is not liable for injury caused by his failure to make an inspection, or by reason of making an inadequate or negligent...
  • Section 821.5.
    A public entity or a public employee acting within the scope of his employment is not liable for failing to prohibit or restrict the time...
  • Section 821.6.
    A public employee is not liable for injury caused by his instituting or prosecuting any judicial or administrative proceeding within the scope of his employment,...
  • Section 821.8.
    A public employee is not liable for an injury arising out of his entry upon any property where such entry is expressly or impliedly authorized...
  • Section 822.
    A public employee is not liable for money stolen from his official custody. Nothing in this section exonerates a public employee from liability if the...
  • Section 822.2.
    A public employee acting in the scope of his employment is not liable for an injury caused by his misrepresentation, whether or not such misrepresentation...
  • Section 823.
    Neither the widow, widower, nor the heirs of a peace officer, as defined in Sections 830.1, 830.2, and 830.32 of the Penal Code, shall be...

Last modified: October 22, 2018