{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-820","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 820","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute (including Section 820.2), a public employee is liable for injury caused by his act or omission to the same extent as a private person.\n(b) The liability of a public employee established by this part (commencing with Section 814) is subject to any defenses that would be available to the public employee if he were a private person.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","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.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"55ed87e3c8ececd7dcf4f9759e86907e3963276cca35981c22df393f87db227a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-818.9","next":"us-ca/gov-820.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}