{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-820.6","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 820.6","heading":"","body":"If a public employee acts in good faith, without malice, and under the apparent authority of an enactment that is unconstitutional, invalid or inapplicable, he is not liable for an injury caused thereby except to the extent that he would have been liable had the enactment been constitutional, valid and applicable.","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":"1b51f1b3cda2e4e9e8a970c40bc8ad0b6f03ec9f58c704264c2f14b4ecfcf6ac","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-820.4","next":"us-ca/gov-820.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}