California § 815.6. 815.6. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.)

California Statutes

§ 815.6. — 815.6. (Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.)

California § 815.6.

JurisdictionCalifornia

Code GOVGovernment Code - GOV

Div.3.6.

Title 1.DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

Part 2.PART 2. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

Ch. 1.CHAPTER 1. General Provisions Relating to Liability

Art. 2.ARTICLE 2. Liability of Public Entities

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Cal. Government Code - GOV Code § 815.6. (2026).

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Where a public entity is under a mandatory duty imposed by an enactment that is designed to protect against the risk of a particular kind of injury, the public entity is liable for an injury of that kind proximately caused by its failure to discharge the duty unless the public entity establishes that it exercised reasonable diligence to discharge the duty.

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