A local public entity shall pay any judgment in the manner provided in this article. A writ of mandate is an appropriate remedy to compel a local public entity to perform any act required by this article.
Cal. Gov. Code § 970.2
General
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 11 Cal. 4th 342 - California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. City of Los Angeles (1995)
Most recently applied in In re City of San Bernardino (March 2017)
Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 285.
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.