Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Serving Sacramento

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If a Sacramento city or county vehicle hit my motorcycle, can I still bring an injury claim?

Yes, when the facts fit Vehicle Code section 17001: a public entity is liable for death or injury proximately caused by an employee’s negligent or wrongful act or omission while operating any motor vehicle within the scope of employment. The Law Offices of J. Chrisp serves Sacramento and represents people injured on motorcycles.

A free consultation is available from the Law Offices of J. Chrisp after a Sacramento motorcycle crash. It charges on a contingency fee basis, and there is no fee unless we win. Its line, 877-J-CHRISP (877-524-7477), is answered 24/7. This page covers the firm’s motorcycle results, claim filing with the City and County of Sacramento, the deadlines, the two CHP Areas and the Sacramento court.

Motorcycle crash results and recognition

The firm’s motorcycle crash results, as listed on chrisplaw.com, include:

$10,000,000 in a motorcycle-versus-car crash
$6,015,000 in a motorcycle-versus-car crash
$900,000 in a case involving a dangerous construction zone that caused a motorcycle crash

Every case is different, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Best Law Firms 2026 ranked the firm Tier 1 in Santa Rosa for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs. The BBB gives the firm an A+ rating.

Filing a claim with the City or County of Sacramento

Government Code section 811.2 defines public entities to include the state, counties, cities, districts and other public agencies. A public entity cannot be sued for money or damages on a cause of action that requires a claim until a written claim has been presented and the entity has acted on it or it is deemed rejected. Sections 946.4 and 946.6 provide exceptions (section 945.4).

City of Sacramento. The city requires its City of Sacramento Claim Form. The completed form and attachments go to the Office of the City Clerk, 915 I Street, 5th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814, by mail or by hand. The city says the City Clerk’s Office is the only office that accepts claims.

County of Sacramento. The county’s Claim Form goes to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, 700 H Street, Room 2450, Sacramento, CA 95814, mailed or delivered by hand.

Claim and lawsuit deadlines

Deadline	What it applies to	Source
6 months after the cause of action accrues	Written claim to a public entity for death, personal injury or damage to personal property	Government Code section 911.2
A reasonable time, no more than 1 year after accrual	Written application for leave to present a late claim, stating the reason for the delay, with the proposed claim attached	Government Code section 911.4
6 months after a written rejection notice is personally delivered or mailed; 2 years after accrual if no notice is given	Lawsuit against the public entity, subject to the exceptions in sections 946.4 and 946.6	Government Code section 945.6
2 years after the cause of action accrues	Most injury lawsuits based on someone else’s wrongful act or neglect, when no government claim is required	Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1; section 312

The CHP’s North Sacramento and South Sacramento Areas

The California Highway Patrol’s North Sacramento and South Sacramento Area offices describe their patrol areas this way:

North Sacramento Area, 5109 Tyler Street, Sacramento, CA 95841, (916) 348-2300. The CHP says it patrols about 1,262 miles throughout northern Sacramento County: 62 miles of state highways and 1,200 miles of county roads. It names Interstate 5, Interstate 80, State Route 51 (Business 80 loop), State Route 160 and State Route 99 as the Area’s major thoroughfares.
South Sacramento Area, 6 Massie Court, Sacramento, CA 95823, (916) 897-5600. The CHP says it patrols sections of Interstate 5, State Route 99, Highway 50 and Business 80, plus 500 miles of unincorporated county roads.

The Sacramento court

For a lawsuit over injury to a person, Code of Civil Procedure section 395 makes the superior court of the county where the injury occurred a proper court, as well as the court of a county where any defendant resides when the action starts. That holds except as otherwise provided by law, and courts keep the power to transfer cases.

The Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, lists a Civil Law and Motion Filing Counter at the Hall of Justice, 813 6th Street, Room 212, Sacramento, CA 95814. It lists the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse, 720 9th Street, under civil and criminal locations.

Offices and service area

The firm does not have an office in Sacramento. Its offices are:

Lower Lake (main office): 9667 Highway 29, Lower Lake, CA 95457, (707) 994-0529
Santa Rosa: 3558 Round Barn Blvd, Suite 200, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
San Francisco: 1330 Bush Street, Suite 9D, San Francisco, CA 94109

Frequently asked questions

Does being a minor extend the time to sue the City or County of Sacramento?

Not for causes of action that require a government claim. Under Code of Civil Procedure section 352, if a person is under the age of majority, or lacks the legal capacity to make decisions, when the cause of action accrues, that time is not counted toward most lawsuit deadlines. That rule does not apply to an action against a public entity or public employee on a cause of action that requires a government claim.

Who answers questions about a claim against the City of Sacramento?

The city’s claim instructions direct questions to Sedgwick, its third-party claims administrator, at (916) 960-0980.

How do I get a County of Sacramento claim form?

The county posts a fillable PDF form. Its Risk Management Office also takes requests by email at [email protected], by phone at (916) 876-5023 or (916) 876-5022, or in writing to Risk Management, P.O. Box 276130, Sacramento, CA 95827.

If you were hurt in a motorcycle crash in Sacramento, call the Law Offices of J. Chrisp 24/7 at 877-J-CHRISP (877-524-7477) for a free consultation. There is no fee unless we win.

About the Law Offices of J. Chrisp

The Law Offices of J. Chrisp is a Northern California personal injury law firm founded by attorney Jesse Chrisp, who was raised in Lake County. The firm represents injured people, with offices in Lower Lake (main office), Santa Rosa and San Francisco, and serves Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino counties and the San Francisco Bay Area. Consultations are free, the firm works on a contingency fee with no fee unless the firm wins, and the phone is answered 24/7 at 877-J-CHRISP (877-524-7477). The firm was named to Best Law Firms 2026 (Tier 1, Santa Rosa, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs). Jesse Chrisp has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America since 2024 and selected to Super Lawyers from 2023 to 2026.