{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-835","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 835","heading":"","body":"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:\n(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\n(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.","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 2. Dangerous Conditions of Public Property [830. - 840.6.]","ARTICLE 2. Liability of Public Entities [835. - 835.4.]"],"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":"ada634c8d1d0704ec380acc4934f0721d2ea0e282b676c89ef4921444f1036a8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-831.8","next":"us-ca/gov-835.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}