Indemnification of city for accident.
San Antonio City Code § 29-90
in effectSec. 29-90. - Indemnification of city for accident.
A contractor doing work pursuant to this article shall indemnify and save harmless the city from and against any and all actions and claims, and against all costs, damages and expenses to which the city may be put by reason of any injury or alleged injury to any person or property, resulting or alleged to result from or to be occasioned by any act, negligence, carelessness or want of skill in connection with or in the conduct of any of said work or in guarding such work, or from any improper methods, tools, implements or materials used in its prosecution, or by or on account of any alleged act or omission whatever of such contractor or his agent, employees or servants, or of any assignee or subcontractor or his agents, employees or servants. Such contractor and his bondsmen shall well and truly make payment of any and all sums so recovered against the city in any suit on account of such injuries to which the city may be made a party, together with all such costs, damages and expenses as may be suffered by the city, all in such manner as to save the city whole and harmless from all such actions or claims.
(Code 1959, § 35-85; Ord. No. 40639, § 1(25), 4-27-72).
Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH29STSI_ARTIIISICUCO_S29-90INACFetched: 10/27/2026