Cal. Codes » Government Code / TITLE 1. GENERAL / DIVISION 3.6. CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES / PART 5. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AND JUDGMENTS / CHAPTER 2. Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities / ARTICLE 1. General
California Codes

Cal. Government Code § 970.2 (2026)

General — Payment of Judgments Against Local Public Entities

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section CA-LEGleginfo.legislature.ca.gov JustiaCode on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

A local public entity shall pay any judgment in the manner provided in this article. A writ of mandate is an appropriate remedy to compel a local public entity to perform any act required by this article.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: Paramount Unified Sch. Dist. v. Teachers Ass'n of Paramount, CTA/NEA, 147 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2047 (Cal. Ct. App. 1994).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Paramount Unified Sch. Dist. v. Teachers Ass'n of Paramount, CTA/NEA, 147 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2047 (Cal. Ct. App. 1994). “4) Government Code section 970.2 provides that “A local public entity shall pay any judgment in the manner provided in this article.”
Barkley v. City of Blue Lake, 18 Cal. App. 4th 1745 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “) In January of 1984, Barkley filed a first amended petition for writ of mandate to enforce the judgment against the City (Gov. Code, § 970.2). This action (Super. Ct.”
Leuzinger v. Cnty. of Lake, 253 F.R.D. 469 (N.D. Cal. 2008). “” Gov.Code § 970.2; Barkley, 18 Cal.App.4th at 1751 n.”
LAURIE Q. v. Contra Costa Cnty., 304 F. Supp. 2d 1185 (N.D. Cal. 2004). “First, and most importantly, the state would possess no legal liability for any money judgment against the County premised on the violations alleged in this action; the County itself would be directly liable for violating state and federal law.”
F & L FARM CO. v. City Council, 77 Cal. Rptr. 2d 360 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). “Government Code section 970.2 provides, in part: “A local public entity shall pay any judgment in the manner provided in this article [composed of §§ 970-971.”
Ventura Grp. Ventures, Inc. v. Ventura Port Dist., 179 F.3d 840 (9th Cir. 1999). “*844 All claims for money or damages against a port district, such as the Ventura Port District, are governed by California Government Code § 900 et seq. See Cal.”
Wright v. Tehachapi Unified Sch. Dist. (E.D. Cal. 2020). “See Cal 12 Gov Code § 970.2; see Tevis v. City & County of San Francisco, 43 Cal.”
City of Fresno v. Pinedale Cnty. Water Dist. CA5 (Cal. Ct. App. 2025). “(Gov. Code, § 970.2; Code Civ. Proc., § 695.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.