{"code":"LAB","codeName":"Labor Code","section":"3604","citation":"Lab. Code, § 3604","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 4. WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE [3200. - 6002.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-4"},{"name":"PART 1. SCOPE AND OPERATION [3200. - 4418.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-4/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Conditions of Compensation Liability [3600. - 3605.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/division-4/part-1/chapter-3"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90.","effective":null,"html":"<p>It is not a defense to the State, any county, city, district or institution thereof, or any public or quasi-public corporation, that a person injured while rendering service for it was not lawfully employed by reason of the violation of any civil service or other law or regulation respecting the hiring of employees.</p>","text":"It is not a defense to the State, any county, city, district or institution thereof, or any public or quasi-public corporation, that a person injured while rendering service for it was not lawfully employed by reason of the violation of any civil service or other law or regulation respecting the hiring of employees.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/labor-code/conditions-of-compensation-liability-3604","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}