TITLE 1. GENERAL 100-7914›DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 810-998.3›PART 2. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 814-895.8›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions Relating to Liability 814-827›ARTICLE 3. Liability of Public Employees 820-823

§ 820.4

California Government Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A public employee is not liable for his act or omission, exercising due care, in the execution or enforcement of any law. Nothing in this section exonerates a public employee from liability for false arrest or false imprisonment.

(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.)

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