Every claim answered in time, on the record.
Government claims is Enclerk.com’s product for the California Government Claims Act. It follows a claim from the day it is presented to the clerk, through the notices the agency owes and the days it has to act, to the governing body’s decision and the claimant’s time to sue. It is built for the clerk’s office and counsel’s office of small and mid-sized California agencies, around Government Code sections 900 to 946.6.
What it does
Intake by the clerk
The clerk logs each claim as it comes in by hand or by mail, with the scan attached, or uploads the agency’s own fillable claim form and the details fill themselves in. Nothing is public: the claimant never uses the site.
Every deadline counted
Twenty days for a notice of insufficiency, forty-five for the governing body to act, six months for the claimant to sue: each is shown with its section of the Act and the words Confirm with counsel, and the offices are warned as each comes near.
Notices drafted and served
Counsel ticks what the claim lacks and the notice of insufficiency names it. A rejection carries the warning the Act requires, word for word. Service is recorded with a proof of service and a checksum.
The decision
A designee decides up to the limit the agency sets; the clerk records the governing body’s action above it. A claim not acted on by day 45 is marked rejected by operation of law and its notice drafted.
Late claims
An application for leave to present a late claim has its own forty-five days, its grounds, its decision and its notice with the warning about the petition to the court.
Reports
A calendar of every open deadline, a claims log for the governing body, the period’s figures by kind and outcome, and everything as a spreadsheet. A spreadsheet of the claims an agency already has is brought in from the console.
How it works
How it worksFollow one claim from the clerk who logs it, to counsel who checks it and drafts the notice, to the clerk who serves it, to the attorney who decides.
1 · ClerkA claim arrives on paper. The clerk logs it as it came: the claimant, the kind of claim, the day it was presented and how. Only the kind and the day are required.
2 · CounselCounsel’s office reads the clocks, each with its section of the Act, and checks the claim against §910. What is missing is ticked, and the notice of insufficiency names it.
3 · ClerkThe clerk serves the notice and records the day and how. The notice and its proof of service are kept as sent, each with a checksum, and the fifteen-day hold starts.
4 · AttorneyThe attorney, as the agency’s designee, records the decision. The notice of rejection is drafted in the same stroke, with the six-month warning the Act requires.
5 · ClerkBack on the desk every open clock is counted, soonest first, a claim never acted on is marked rejected by operation of law on day 45, and the claims log is ready for the governing body.
See it working
A demonstration agency runs on this platform with made-up claims, notices and decisions. It carries a red strip saying it is a demonstration, and nothing in it is a real agency’s record or a real person’s claim.
The demonstration site is being prepared. Ask for a walk through it with the quote form below.
Plans
Every plan includes unlimited claims, the calendar, the notices, the proof of service and the reports. Seats are for staff: the clerk’s office logs claims and serves notices, and counsel’s office reviews them. A claim’s file is kept permanently on every plan.
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An agency that already uses Records request or Public meetings adds Government claims from its own admin page.
Start free
The setup takes an afternoon: your agency, how its pages look, your departments, and the first accounts of your two offices. The site is a demonstration site until your agency’s letter of authorization is approved.
Request a quote
For the Plus and Enterprise plans, or for every product together. A person replies; there is no follow-up sequence.