Section 821.6.

  1. Law
  2. California Code
  3. Code - GOV
  4. GENERAL
  5. 3.6 - CLAIMS AND ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
  6. 2 - LIABILITY OF PUBLIC ENTITIES AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
  7. 1 - General Provisions Relating to Liability
  8. 3 - Liability of Public Employees
  9. Section 821.6.

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A public employee is not liable for injury caused by his instituting or prosecuting any judicial or administrative proceeding within the scope of his employment, even if he acts maliciously and without probable cause.

(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.)


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