Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
CIVIL CLAIMS
NO: J-1100
APPROVED:
Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE:
August 1, 1990
REVIEWED:
6/1/2018
REVISED:
4/1/1996
UPDATED:
6/1/2018
J-1100-1
POLICY
Personnel employed by the Kern County Sheriff’s Office will not encourage claims against the
County of Kern or the Sheriff’s Office. Further, Sheriff’s personnel will not express to the
public, opinions or comments regarding the validity, content, size or settlement of claims or
pending litigation.
PROCEDURE
Any member who receives a request for information from any person regarding filing a civil
claim against the Sheriff’s Office or the County of Kern will provide the following:
Claims must generally be filed within specified time limits;
o
Within six (6) months after the accrual of the cause of a claim relating to a
death, injury to a person, injury to personal property, or growing crops;
o
Within one (1) year after the accrual of the cause