Cal. Codes » Government Code / TITLE 1. GENERAL / DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES / PART 3. CLAIMS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES / CHAPTER 2. Presentation and Consideration of Claims / ARTICLE 1. General
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Cal. Government Code § 910.6 (2026)

General — Presentation and Consideration of Claims

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(a)A claim may be amended at any time before the expiration of the period designated in Section 911.2 or before final action thereon is taken by the board, whichever is later, if the claim as amended relates to the same transaction or occurrence which gave rise to the original claim. The amendment shall be considered a part of the original claim for all purposes.

(b)A failure or refusal to amend a claim, whether or not notice of insufficiency is given under Section 910.8, shall not constitute a defense to any action brought upon the cause of action for which the claim was presented if the court finds that the claim as presented complied substantially with Sections 910 and 910.2 or a form provided under Section 910.4.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1968–2026 · leading case: Janis v. California State Lottery Comm'n, 80 Cal. Rptr. 2d 549 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998).
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Janis v. California State Lottery Comm'n, 80 Cal. Rptr. 2d 549 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). “Government Code section 910.6, subdivision (a), provides: “A claim may be amended at any time before the expiration of the period designated in Section 911.”
Ocean Servs. Corp. v. Ventura Port Dist., 15 Cal. App. 4th 1762 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993). “(Gov. Code, § 910.6.)” (Cal. Government Tort Liability Practice, supra, § 6.”
Rogers v. Bd. of Educ., 261 Cal. App. 2d 355 (Cal. Ct. App. 1968). “” (Gov. Code, § 910.6, subd. (a).) Using this formula, plaintiff had until July 28, 1965, to file an amended claim.”
(PS) Devore v. CDCR (E.D. Cal. 2019). “Cal. Gov. Code, § 910.6 16 in order to relate back and be timely.”
Quintanar v. Cnty. of San Diego (S.D. Cal. 2025). “17 A claimant may amend a claim until the later of: (1) the date when the entity takes 18 final action on the claim, or (2) the time to file a timely claim expires pursuant to Cal.”
Martinez (N.D. Cal. 2026). “As noted in the prior Order, 22 California Government Code section 910.6 allows a government claim for bodily injury to be 23 amended “at any time” before the expiration of six months after the accrual of the cause of action 24 “or before final action thereon is taken by the…”
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