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

§ 821.6

California Government Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

A public employee is not liable for injury caused by his instituting or prosecuting any judicial or administrative proceeding within the scope of his employment, even if he acts maliciously and without probable cause.

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

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