{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wat-31088","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WAT § 31088","heading":"","body":"The district may employ counsel to defend any action or proceeding brought against it on account of any injury, taking, damage, or destruction, or to defend as provided in Part 7 (commencing with Section 995) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code an action or proceeding brought against any of its officers, employees or servants, and the fees and expenses involved therein are a lawful charge against the district.","path":["Water Code - WAT","DIVISION 12. COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS [30000. - 33901.]","PART 5. POWERS AND PURPOSES [31000. - 31182.]","CHAPTER 1. Powers and Purposes Generally [31000. - 31149.7.]","ARTICLE 5. Controversies [31080. - 31088.]"],"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":"0eb96aa5d4bf98ad32563e8045b27ecfcfb22ecccf38f8869726fc19a1710e9a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wat-31084","next":"us-ca/wat-31100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}