Gov. Code, § 818.5 · Article 2. Liability of Public Entities
Gov. Code, § 818.5
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The Department of Motor Vehicles is liable for any injury to a lienholder or good faith purchaser of a vehicle proximately caused by the department’s negligent omission of the lienholder’s name from an ownership certificate issued by the department. The liability of the department under this section shall not exceed the actual cash value of the vehicle.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 437, Sec. 2.
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=818.5.
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