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Cal. Gov. Code § 12655

False Claims Actions

Known as the False Claims Act

The act spans §§ 12650–12656 (9 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 39 Cal. 4th 1164 - Wells v. One2One Learning Foundation (2006)

Most recently applied in 213 Cal. App. 4th 443 - Mcveigh v. Recology San Francisco (January 2013)

Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1420, Sec. 1.

(a) The provisions of this article are not exclusive, and the remedies provided for in this article shall be in addition to any other remedies provided for in any other law or available under common law.

(b) If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of the article and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

(c) This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote the public interest.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.