California Government Code

§ 835

GOV § 835Div. 3.6 · Title 1 · Part 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

Except as provided by statute, a public entity is liable for injury caused by a dangerous condition of its property if the plaintiff establishes that the property was in a dangerous condition at the time of the injury, that the injury was proximately caused by the dangerous condition, that the dangerous condition created a reasonably foreseeable risk of the kind of injury which was incurred, and that either:

(a)A negligent or wrongful act or omission of an employee of the public entity within the scope of his employment created the dangerous condition; or

(b)The public entity had actual or constructive notice of the dangerous condition under Section 835.2 a sufficient time prior to the injury to have taken measures to protect against the dangerous condition.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.