Food and Agricultural Code section 3210

(a)

Notwithstanding any other law, neither the state nor the department is liable for any contract or tort of, or any action taken or any failure to act by, any fair in the network of California fairs that does not comply with the requirements of Section 3214.

(b)

No member of the fair board, or any employee or agent thereof, is personally liable for the contracts or actions of the fair board, and no member of the fair board or employee or agent thereof is responsible individually in any way to any other person for error in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as principal, agent, or employee, except for their own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. No member of the fair board shall be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any other member of the fair board. The liability of the members of the fair board is several and not joint, and no member is liable for the default of any other member.

Source: Section 3210, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=3210.­ (accessed May 12, 2025).

Last Updated

May 12, 2025

§ 3210’s source at ca​.gov