§ 23006 Invalid County Contracts

• •If someone tries to make a deal or pay money in a way that breaks the law, that deal or payment doesn’t count.
• •You can’t ask the county for money if the deal or payment was illegal in the first place.
• •Even if someone promises to pay you for something illegal, the county won’t honor it.

A company bribes a county worker to get a contract, but the law says bribes are illegal.

The contract is invalid because it was made by breaking the law. The company can’t ask the county to pay them for the work.