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Government Code § 845.8

CHAPTER 3. Police and Correctional Activities

Current as of September 28, 2026Gov. Code, § 845.8Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1099.

Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for:

(a) Any injury resulting from determining whether to parole or release a prisoner or from determining the terms and conditions of his parole or release or from determining whether to revoke his parole or release.

(b) Any injury caused by:

(1) An escaping or escaped prisoner;

(2) An escaping or escaped arrested person; or

(3) A person resisting arrest.