SECTIONS 6223 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 6223

6223. (a) No person shall file or record a lawsuit, lien, or other
encumbrance, including, but not limited to, a notice of lis pendens,
against a public officer or employee, knowing it is false, with the
intent to harass the officer or employee or to influence or hinder
the public officer or employee in discharging his or her official
duties.
(b) This section shall apply only to lawsuits, liens, or other
encumbrances pertaining to actions that arise in the course and scope
of the public officer's or employee's duties.
(c) Any person who knowingly records or files, or directs another
to record or file, a lawsuit, lien, or encumbrance in violation of
subdivision (a) shall be liable to the person subject to the lawsuit,
or the owner of the property bound by the lien or other encumbrance
for a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).