Sonora Municipal Code § 3.28 Claims Against the City

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State Law reference— For statutory provisions concerning claims against public entities, see Gov. Code § 900 et seq.

A. Any person or persons, firm or corporation having any claim or demand against the city is required to present the said claim, in writing, upon a blank or blanks to be furnished by the city clerk, which said claim shall be itemized and duly verified by, or on behalf of, the person presenting the same, by the oath of the said claimant or someone in his behalf and shall be presented and filed with the city clerk within thirty days after the same become due.

B. If such claim is not presented in the same manner specified in subsection A within thirty days from the time the same becomes due, the same shall not be allowed and no warrant shall be drawn for the payment thereof and the same shall not thereafter be a legal charge against the city, but shall be forever barred by limitation of time.

C. Action on claims against the city, which have been rejected by the city council, must be commenced within six months after the first rejection thereof by the city council.

(Ord. 73, 1918.)

Notwithstanding the exemptions set forth in Section 905 of the Government Code of the state of California, all claims against the city for damages or money, when a procedure for processing such claims is not otherwise provided by state or local laws, shall be presented within the time limitations and in the manner prescribed by Section 910 through 915.2 of the Government Code. Such claims shall further be subject to the provisions of Section 945 through 946.6 of the Government Code relating to the prohibition of suits in the absence of the presentation of claims and action thereon by the council.

(Ord. 689, 1994.)