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 exonerates a public employee from liability for false arrest or false imprisonment.
Cal. Gov. Code § 820.4
Liability of Public Employees
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810 to 998.3 (301 sections).
Applied in 26 court decisions — leading case 193 N.J. Super. 271 - Marley v. Palmyra Bor. (1983)
Most recently applied in Bryan v. City of Carlsbad (March 2018)
Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.