§ 2.05.320. Presenting and filing.

Claims and demands arising out of tort and all claims and demands not founded upon contract shall set forth the time and place the claim arose, the public property, officers or employees alleged to be at fault, the nature and extent of the injury or damage claimed, and full details as to the nature of the claim, and shall be signed and verified to be correct by the claimant or someone authorized by the claimant. A claim relating to a cause of action for death or for injury to person or to personal property or growing crops shall be presented as provided in Government Code Article 2 (commencing with Government Code § 915) not later than six months after the accrual of the cause of action. A claim relating to any other cause of action shall be presented as provided in Government Code Article 2 (commencing with Government Code § 915) not later than one year after the accrual of the cause of action. Unless so presented and filed, no such claim or demand shall be approved, allowed or paid and the City shall not be liable upon any suit or action based upon any such claim or demand which is not filed in the form and within the time herein provided.

(Prior Code, § 2522)