General Provisions
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Arizona Department of Revenue v. Dougherty (2001)
Most recently applied in 107 Cal. App. 4th 848 - Lee v. LA COUNTY METRO. TRANSP. AUTH. (April 2003)
Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 96.
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.
No claim is required to be filed to maintain an action against a public entity for taking of, or damage to, private property pursuant to Section 19 of Article I of the California Constitution.
However, the board shall, in accordance with the provisions of this part, process any claim which is filed against a public entity for the taking of, or damage to, private property pursuant to Section 19 of Article I of the California Constitution.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.