{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"835","citation":"Gov. Code, § 835","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1"},{"name":"DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES [810. - 998.3.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-3.6"},{"name":"PART 2. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES [814. - 895.8.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-3.6/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Dangerous Conditions of Public Property [830. - 840.6.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-3.6/part-2/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Liability of Public Entities [835. - 835.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-3.6/part-2/chapter-2/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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:</p><p>(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</p><p>(b) The public entity had actual or constructive notice of the dangerous condition under Section <a href=\"/gov/835.2\">835.2</a> a sufficient time prior to the injury to have taken measures to protect against the dangerous condition.</p>","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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/liability-of-public-entities-835","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}