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 be negligent or intentional, unless he is guilty of actual fraud, corruption or actual malice.
Cal. Gov. Code § 822.2
Liability of Public Employees
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998.3 (301 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 60 Cal. App. 3d 814 - Peter W. v. San Francisco Unified School District (1976)
Most recently applied in Gund v. Cnty. of Trinity (June 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.