California Code
Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART 1 - RELIEF

TITLE 1 - RELIEF IN GENERAL

Section 3274. - 3274. As a general rule, compensation is the relief or...

Section 3275. - 3275. Whenever, by the terms of an obligation, a party...

TITLE 2 - COMPENSATORY RELIEF

CHAPTER 1 - Damages in General

ARTICLE 1 - General Principles

Section 3281. - 3281. Every person who suffers detriment from the unlawful act...

Section 3282. - 3282. Detriment is a loss or harm suffered in person...

Section 3283. - 3283. Damages may be awarded, in a judicial proceeding, for...

ARTICLE 2 - Interest as Damages

Section 3287. - 3287. (a) A person who is entitled to recover damages...

Section 3288. - 3288. In an action for the breach of an obligation...

Section 3289. - 3289. (a) Any legal rate of interest stipulated by a...

Section 3289.5. - 3289.5. For purposes of Section 3289, the rate of the...

Section 3290. - 3290. Accepting payment of the whole principal, as such, waives...

Section 3291. - 3291. In any action brought to recover damages for personal...

ARTICLE 3 - Exemplary Damages

Section 3294. - 3294. (a) In an action for the breach of an...

Section 3295. - 3295. (a) The court may, for good cause, grant any...

Section 3296. - 3296. (a) Whenever a judgment for punitive damages is entered...

CHAPTER 2 - Measure of Damages

ARTICLE 1 - Damages for Breach of Contract

Section [3300.]. - [3300.] Section Thirty-three Hundred. For the breach of an obligation...

Section 3301. - 3301. No damages can be recovered for a breach of...

Section 3302. - 3302. The detriment caused by the breach of an obligation...

Section 3304. - 3304. The detriment caused by the breach of a covenant...

Section 3305. - 3305. The detriment caused by the breach of a covenant...

Section 3306. - 3306. The detriment caused by the breach of an agreement...

Section 3306a. - 3306a. The minimum detriment caused by the breach of an...

Section 3307. - 3307. The detriment caused by the breach of an agreement...

Section 3308. - 3308. The parties to any lease of real or personal...

Section 3315. - 3315. The detriment caused by the breach of a carrier’s...

Section 3316. - 3316. The detriment caused by the breach of a carrier’s...

Section 3317. - 3317. The detriment caused by a carrier’s delay in the...

Section 3318. - 3318. The detriment caused by the breach of a warranty...

Section 3319. - 3319. (a) In each written contract for private works of...

Section 3320. - 3320. (a) In each contract for public works of improvement,...

Section 3321. - 3321. (a) In each contract for public works of improvement,...

Section 3322. - 3322. (a) (1) A broker of construction trucking services shall...

ARTICLE 2 - Damages for Wrongs

Section 3333. - 3333. For the breach of an obligation not arising from...

Section 3333.1. - 3333.1. (a) In the event the defendant so elects, in...

Section 3333.2. - 3333.2. (a) In any action for injury against a health...

Section 3333.3. - 3333.3. In any action for damages based on negligence, a...

Section 3333.4. - 3333.4. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), in any...

Section 3333.5. - 3333.5. (a) Each pipeline corporation that qualifies as a public...

Section 3333.7. - 3333.7. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person...

Section 3333.8. - 3333.8. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that in order...

Section 3334. - 3334. (a) The detriment caused by the wrongful occupation of...

Section 3335. - 3335. For willfully holding over real property, by a person...

Section 3336. - 3336. The detriment caused by the wrongful conversion of personal...

Section 3336.5. - 3336.5. (a) (1) Any junk dealer or recycler who possesses...

Section 3337. - 3337. The presumption declared by the last section cannot be...

Section 3338. - 3338. One having a mere lien on personal property, cannot...

Section 3339. - 3339. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) All...

Section 3339.5. - 3339.5. (a) The immigration status of a minor child seeking...

Section 3339.10. - 3339.10. (a) The immigration or citizenship status of any person...

Section 3340. - 3340. For wrongful injuries to animals being subjects of property,...

Section 3341. - 3341. The owner, possessor, or harborer of any dog or...

Section 3342. - 3342. (a) The owner of any dog is liable for...

Section 3342.5. - 3342.5. (a) The owner of any dog that has bitten...

Section 3343. - 3343. (a) One defrauded in the purchase, sale or exchange...

Section 3343.5. - 3343.5. (a) Any one or more of the following who...

Section 3343.7. - 3343.7. An action may be brought against any nonprofit organization...

ARTICLE 3 - Penal Damages

Section 3344. - 3344. (a) Any person who knowingly uses another’s name, voice,...

Section 3344.1. - 3344.1. (a) (1) Any person who uses a deceased personality’s...

Section 3344.5. - 3344.5. (a) Any person whose signature is used in violation...

Section 3344.6. - 3344.6. (a) Any candidate for elective office whose election or...

Section 3345. - 3345. (a) This section shall apply only in actions brought...

Section 3345.1. - 3345.1. (a) This section shall apply only in a civil...

Section 3346. - 3346. (a) For wrongful injuries to timber, trees, or underwood...

ARTICLE 4 - General Provisions

Section 3353. - 3353. In estimating damages, the value of property to a...

Section 3354. - 3354. In estimating damages, except as provided by Sections 3355...

Section 3355. - 3355. Where certain property has a peculiar value to a...

Section [3356.]. - [3356.] Section Thirty-three Hundred and Fifty-six. For the purpose of...

Section 3357. - 3357. The damages prescribed by this Chapter are exclusive of...

Section 3358. - 3358. Except as expressly provided by statute, no person can...

Section 3359. - 3359. Damages must, in all cases, be reasonable, and where...

Section 3360. - 3360. When a breach of duty has caused no appreciable...

Section 3361. - 3361. Estimations, measures, or calculations of past, present, or future...

TITLE 3 - SPECIFIC AND PREVENTIVE RELIEF

CHAPTER 1 - General Principles

Section 3366. - 3366. Specific or preventive relief may be given as provided...

Section 3367. - 3367. Specific relief is given: 1. By taking possession of...

Section 3368. - 3368. Preventive relief is given by prohibiting a party from...

Section 3369. - 3369. Neither specific nor preventive relief can be granted to...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Investment Advisers

Section 3372. - 3372. (a) Any person engaged in the business of advising...

CHAPTER 2 - Specific Relief

ARTICLE 1 - Possession of Real Property

Section 3375. - 3375. A person entitled to specific real property, by reason...

ARTICLE 2 - Possession of Personal Property

Section 3379. - 3379. A person entitled to the immediate possession of specific...

Section [3380.]. - [3380.] Section Thirty-three Hundred and Eighty. Any person having the...

ARTICLE 3 - Specific Performance of Obligations

Section [3384.]. - [3384.] Section Thirty-three Hundred and Eighty-four. Except as otherwise provided...

Section 3386. - 3386. Notwithstanding that the agreed counterperformance is not or would...

Section 3387. - 3387. It is to be presumed that the breach of...

Section 3388. - 3388. A party who has signed a written contract may...

Section 3389. - 3389. A contract otherwise proper to be specifically enforced, may...

Section 3390. - 3390. The following obligations cannot be specifically enforced: (a) An...

Section 3391. - 3391. Specific performance cannot be enforced against a party to...

Section 3392. - 3392. Specific performance cannot be enforced in favor of a...

Section 3394. - 3394. An agreement for the sale of property cannot be...

Section 3395. - 3395. Whenever an obligation in respect to real property would...

ARTICLE 4 - Revision of Contracts

Section 3399. - 3399. When, through fraud or a mutual mistake of the...

Section 3400. - 3400. For the purpose of revising a contract, it must...

Section 3401. - 3401. In revising a written instrument, the Court may inquire...

Section 3402. - 3402. A contract may be first revised and then specifically...

ARTICLE 6 - Cancellation of Instruments

Section 3412. - 3412. A written instrument, in respect to which there is...

Section 3413. - 3413. An instrument, the invalidity of which is apparent upon...

Section 3414. - 3414. Where an instrument is evidence of different rights or...

Section 3415. - 3415. (a) An action may be maintained by any person...

CHAPTER 3 - Preventive Relief

Section 3420. - 3420. Preventive relief is granted by injunction, provisional or final....

Section 3421. - 3421. Provisional injunctions are regulated by the Code of Civil...

Section 3422. - 3422. Except where otherwise provided by this Title, a final...

Section 3423. - 3423. An injunction may not be granted: (a) To stay...

Section 3424. - 3424. (a) Upon notice and motion, the court may modify...

TITLE 4 - UNIFORM SINGLE PUBLICATION ACT

Section 3425.1. - 3425.1. This title may be cited as the Uniform Single...

Section 3425.2. - 3425.2. This act shall be so interpreted as to effectuate...

Section 3425.3. - 3425.3. No person shall have more than one cause of...

Section 3425.4. - 3425.4. A judgment in any jurisdiction for or against the...

Section 3425.5. - 3425.5. This title shall not be retroactive as to causes...

TITLE 5 - UNIFORM TRADE SECRETS ACT

Section 3426. - 3426. This title may be cited as the Uniform Trade...

Section 3426.1. - 3426.1. As used in this title, unless the context requires...

Section 3426.2. - 3426.2. (a) Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon...

Section 3426.3. - 3426.3. (a) A complainant may recover damages for the actual...

Section 3426.4. - 3426.4. If a claim of misappropriation is made in bad...

Section 3426.5. - 3426.5. In an action under this title, a court shall...

Section 3426.6. - 3426.6. An action for misappropriation must be brought within three...

Section 3426.7. - 3426.7. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, this title does...

Section 3426.8. - 3426.8. This title shall be applied and construed to effectuate...

Section 3426.9. - 3426.9. If any provision of this title or its application...

Section 3426.10. - 3426.10. This title does not apply to misappropriation occurring prior...

Section 3426.11. - 3426.11. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 47, in any legislative...

TITLE 6 - INTERFERENCE WITH ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE

Section 3427. - 3427. As used in this title: (a) “Aggrieved” means and...

Section 3427.1. - 3427.1. It is unlawful, and constitutes the tort of commercial...

Section 3427.2. - 3427.2. A person or health care facility aggrieved by the...

Section 3427.3. - 3427.3. The court having jurisdiction over a civil proceeding under...

Section 3427.4. - 3427.4. This title shall not be construed to impair any...

TITLE 7 - DUTY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICE PLANS AND MANAGED CARE ENTITIES

Section 3428. - 3428. (a) For services rendered on or after January 1,...

PART 2 - SPECIAL RELATIONS OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR

TITLE 1 - GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Section 3429. - 3429. A debtor, within the meaning of this Title, is...

Section 3430. - 3430. A creditor, within the meaning of this Title, is...

Section 3431. - 3431. In the absence of fraud, every contract of a...

Section 3432. - 3432. A debtor may pay one creditor in preference to...

Section 3433. - 3433. Where a creditor is entitled to resort to each...

Section 3434. - 3434. A lender who makes a loan of money, the...

TITLE 2 - VOID AND VOIDABLE TRANSFERS AND UNDERTAKINGS

CHAPTER 1 - Uniform Voidable Transactions Act

Section 3439. - 3439. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Voidable...

Section 3439.01. - 3439.01. As used in this chapter the following definitions are...

Section 3439.02. - 3439.02. (a) A debtor is insolvent if, at a fair...

Section 3439.03. - 3439.03. Value is given for a transfer or an obligation...

Section 3439.04. - 3439.04. (a) A transfer made or obligation incurred by a...

Section 3439.05. - 3439.05. (a) A transfer made or obligation incurred by a...

Section 3439.06. - 3439.06. For the purposes of this chapter: (a) A transfer...

Section 3439.07. - 3439.07. (a) In an action for relief against a transfer...

Section 3439.08. - 3439.08. (a) A transfer or obligation is not voidable under...

Section 3439.09. - 3439.09. A cause of action with respect to a transfer...

Section 3439.10. - 3439.10. (a) In this section, the following rules determine a...

Section 3439.12. - 3439.12. Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the...

Section 3439.13. - 3439.13. This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate...

Section 3439.14. - 3439.14. (a) The changes to this chapter made by the...

CHAPTER 2 - Conveyance of Personal Property Without Delivery

Section 3440. - 3440. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every...

Section 3440.1. - 3440.1. This chapter does not apply to any of the...

Section 3440.2. - 3440.2. Subject to Section 3440.3, a transfer of personal property...

Section 3440.3. - 3440.3. A transfer of personal property, as to which the...

Section 3440.4. - 3440.4. This chapter does not affect the rights of a...

Section 3440.5. - 3440.5. (a) This chapter does not affect the rights of...

Section 3440.6. - 3440.6. No action shall be brought or levy made under...

Section 3440.9. - 3440.9. Subdivision (2) of Section 2402 and subdivision (a) of...

CHAPTER 3 - Undertaking in Voidable Transfer Action

Section 3445. - 3445. As used in this chapter: (a) “Transfer” means “transfer”...

Section 3446. - 3446. (a) In an action by a creditor for relief...

Section 3447. - 3447. The undertaking shall be conditioned that, if it is...

Section 3448. - 3448. The undertaking shall be in the lesser of the...

Section 3449. - 3449. The undertaking becomes effective 10 days after service of...

PART 3 - NUISANCE

TITLE 1 - GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Section 3479. - 3479. Anything which is injurious to health, including, but not...

Section [3480.]. - [3480.] Section Thirty-four Hundred and Eighty. A public nuisance is...

Section 3481. - 3481. Every nuisance not included in the definition of the...

Section 3482. - 3482. Nothing which is done or maintained under the express...

Section 3482.1. - 3482.1. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means...

Section 3482.5. - 3482.5. (a) (1) No agricultural activity, operation, or facility, or...

Section 3482.6. - 3482.6. (a) No agricultural processing activity, operation, facility, or appurtenances...

Section 3482.8. - 3482.8. Any building or property used for the purpose of...

Section 3483. - 3483. Every successive owner of property who neglects to abate...

Section 3484. - 3484. The abatement of a nuisance does not prejudice the...

Section 3485. - 3485. (a) To abate the nuisance caused by illegal conduct...

Section 3486. - 3486. (a) To abate the nuisance caused by illegal conduct...

Section 3486.5. - 3486.5. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 3486, Section 3486...

TITLE 2 - PUBLIC NUISANCES

Section 3490. - 3490. No lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance,...

Section 3491. - 3491. The remedies against a public nuisance are: 1. Indictment...

Section 3492. - 3492. The remedy by indictment or information is regulated by...

Section 3493. - 3493. A private person may maintain an action for a...

Section 3494. - 3494. A public nuisance may be abated by any public...

Section 3494.5. - 3494.5. (a) (1) A property owner who voluntarily participates in...

Section 3495. - 3495. Any person may abate a public nuisance which is...

Section 3496. - 3496. In any of the following described cases, the court...

TITLE 3 - PRIVATE NUISANCES

Section 3501. - 3501. The remedies against a private nuisance are: 1. A...

Section 3502. - 3502. A person injured by a private nuisance may abate...

Section 3503. - 3503. Where a private nuisance results from a mere omission...

TITLE 4 - MOTION PICTURES

Section 3504. - 3504. As used in this title: (a) “Animal” means any...

Section 3505. - 3505. (a) The exhibition of any motion picture, if any...

Section 3506. - 3506. Whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a...

Section 3507. - 3507. Whenever an action is initiated under this title to...

Section 3507.1. - 3507.1. In actions brought under this title, the motion picture...

Section 3507.2. - 3507.2. Actions brought under this title shall be brought as...

Section 3507.3. - 3507.3. Any violation or disobedience of an injunction or order...

Section 3507.4. - 3507.4. The distributor who furnished a motion picture to a...

Section 3508. - 3508. (a) This title shall not apply to any of...

Section 3508.1. - 3508.1. Any producer who willfully misstates or causes to be...

Section 3508.2. - 3508.2. If any provision of this title or the application...

PART 4 - MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE

Section 3509. - 3509. The maxims of jurisprudence hereinafter set forth are intended...

Section 3510. - 3510. When the reason of a rule ceases, so should...

Section 3511. - 3511. Where the reason is the same, the rule should...

Section 3512. - 3512. One must not change his purpose to the injury...

Section 3513. - 3513. Any one may waive the advantage of a law...

Section 3514. - 3514. One must so use his own rights as not...

Section 3515. - 3515. He who consents to an act is not wronged...

Section 3516. - 3516. Acquiescence in error takes away the right of objecting...

Section 3517. - 3517. No one can take advantage of his own wrong....

Section 3518. - 3518. He who has fraudulently dispossessed himself of a thing...

Section 3519. - 3519. He who can and does not forbid that which...

Section 3520. - 3520. No one should suffer by the act of another....

Section 3521. - 3521. He who takes the benefit must bear the burden....

Section 3522. - 3522. One who grants a thing is presumed to grant...

Section 3523. - 3523. For every wrong there is a remedy. (Enacted 1872.)

Section 3524. - 3524. Between those who are equally in the right, or...

Section 3525. - 3525. Between rights otherwise equal, the earliest is preferred. (Enacted...

Section 3526. - 3526. No man is responsible for that which no man...

Section 3527. - 3527. The law helps the vigilant, before those who sleep...

Section 3528. - 3528. The law respects form less than substance. (Enacted 1872.)

Section 3529. - 3529. That which ought to have been done is to...

Section 3530. - 3530. That which does not appear to exist is to...

Section 3531. - 3531. The law never requires impossibilities. (Enacted 1872.)

Section 3532. - 3532. The law neither does nor requires idle acts. (Enacted...

Section 3533. - 3533. The law disregards trifles. (Enacted 1872.)

Section 3534. - 3534. Particular expressions qualify those which are general. (Enacted 1872.)

Section 3535. - 3535. Contemporaneous exposition is in general the best. (Enacted 1872.)

Section 3536. - 3536. The greater contains the less. (Enacted 1872.)

Section 3537. - 3537. Superfluity does not vitiate. (Enacted 1872.)

Section 3538. - 3538. That is certain which can be made certain. (Enacted...

Section 3539. - 3539. Time does not confirm a void act. (Enacted 1872.)

Section 3540. - 3540. The incident follows the principal, and not the principal...

Section 3541. - 3541. An interpretation which gives effect is preferred to one...

Section 3542. - 3542. Interpretation must be reasonable. (Enacted 1872.)

Section 3543. - 3543. Where one of two innocent persons must suffer by...

Section 3545. - 3545. Private transactions are fair and regular. (Added by Stats....

Section 3546. - 3546. Things happen according to the ordinary course of nature...

Section 3547. - 3547. A thing continues to exist as long as is...

Section 3548. - 3548. The law has been obeyed. (Added by Stats. 1965,...

PART 5 - Common Interest Developments

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Provisions

Section 4000. - 4000. This part shall be known and may be cited...

Section 4005. - 4005. Division, part, title, chapter, article, and section headings do...

Section 4010. - 4010. Nothing in the act that added this part shall...

Section 4020. - 4020. Unless a contrary intent is clearly expressed, a local...

Section 4035. - 4035. (a) If a provision of this act requires that...

Section 4040. - 4040. (a) (1) If a provision of this act requires...

Section 4041. - 4041. (a) A member shall, on an annual basis, provide...

Section 4045. - 4045. (a) If a provision of this act requires “general...

Section 4050. - 4050. (a) This section governs the delivery of a document...

Section 4055. - 4055. If the association or a member receives information by...

Section 4065. - 4065. If a provision of this act requires that an...

Section 4070. - 4070. If a provision of this act requires that an...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 4075. - 4075. The definitions in this article govern the construction of...

Section 4076. - 4076. “Annual budget report” means the report described in Section...

Section 4078. - 4078. “Annual policy statement” means the statement described in Section...

Section 4080. - 4080. “Association” means a nonprofit corporation or unincorporated association created...

Section 4085. - 4085. “Board” means the board of directors of the association....

Section 4090. - 4090. “Board meeting” means either of the following: (a) A...

Section 4095. - 4095. (a) “Common area” means the entire common interest development...

Section 4100. - 4100. “Common interest development” means any of the following: (a)...

Section 4105. - 4105. “Community apartment project” means a development in which an...

Section 4110. - 4110. (a) “Community service organization or similar entity” means a...

Section 4120. - 4120. “Condominium plan” means a plan described in Section 4285....

Section 4125. - 4125. (a) A “condominium project” means a real property development...

Section 4130. - 4130. “Declarant” means the person or group of persons designated...

Section 4135. - 4135. “Declaration” means the document, however denominated, that contains the...

Section 4140. - 4140. “Director” means a natural person who serves on the...

Section 4145. - 4145. (a) “Exclusive use common area” means a portion of...

Section 4148. - 4148. “General notice” means the delivery of a document pursuant...

Section 4150. - 4150. “Governing documents” means the declaration and any other documents,...

Section 4153. - 4153. “Individual notice” means the delivery of a document pursuant...

Section 4155. - 4155. “Item of business” means any action within the authority...

Section 4158. - 4158. (a) A “managing agent” is a person who, for...

Section 4160. - 4160. “Member” means an owner of a separate interest. (Added...

Section 4170. - 4170. “Person” means a natural person, corporation, government or governmental...

Section 4175. - 4175. “Planned development” means a real property development other than...

Section 4177. - 4177. “Reserve accounts” means both of the following: (a) Moneys...

Section 4178. - 4178. “Reserve account requirements” means the estimated funds that the...

Section 4185. - 4185. (a) “Separate interest” has the following meanings: (1) In...

Section 4190. - 4190. (a) “Stock cooperative” means a development in which a...

CHAPTER 2 - Application of Act

Section 4200. - 4200. This act applies and a common interest development is...

Section 4201. - 4201. Nothing in this act may be construed to apply...

Section 4202. - 4202. This part does not apply to a commercial or...

CHAPTER 3 - Governing Documents

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 4205. - 4205. (a) To the extent of any conflict between the...

Section 4210. - 4210. In order to facilitate the collection of regular assessments,...

Section 4215. - 4215. Any deed, declaration, or condominium plan for a common...

Section 4220. - 4220. In interpreting deeds and condominium plans, the existing physical...

Section 4225. - 4225. (a) No declaration or other governing document shall include...

Section 4230. - 4230. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the governing documents to...

Section 4235. - 4235. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or provision...

ARTICLE 2 - Declaration

Section 4250. - 4250. (a) A declaration, recorded on or after January 1,...

Section 4255. - 4255. (a) If a common interest development is located within...

Section 4260. - 4260. Except to the extent that a declaration provides by...

Section 4265. - 4265. (a) The Legislature finds that there are common interest...

Section 4270. - 4270. (a) A declaration may be amended pursuant to the...

Section 4275. - 4275. (a) If in order to amend a declaration, the...

ARTICLE 3 - Articles of Incorporation

Section 4280. - 4280. (a) The articles of incorporation of an association filed...

ARTICLE 4 - Condominium Plan

Section 4285. - 4285. A condominium plan shall contain all of the following:...

Section 4290. - 4290. (a) The certificate consenting to the recordation of a...

Section 4295. - 4295. A condominium plan may be amended or revoked by...

ARTICLE 5 - Operating Rules

Section 4340. - 4340. For the purposes of this article: (a) “Operating rule”...

Section 4350. - 4350. An operating rule is valid and enforceable only if...

Section 4355. - 4355. (a) Sections 4360 and 4365 only apply to an...

Section 4360. - 4360. (a) The board shall provide general notice pursuant to...

Section 4365. - 4365. (a) Members of an association owning 5 percent or...

Section 4370. - 4370. (a) This article applies to a rule change commenced...

CHAPTER 4 - Ownership and Transfer of Interests

ARTICLE 1 - Ownership Rights and Interests

Section 4500. - 4500. Unless the declaration otherwise provides, in a condominium project,...

Section 4505. - 4505. Unless the declaration otherwise provides: (a) In a community...

Section 4510. - 4510. Except as otherwise provided in law, an order of...

Section 4515. - 4515. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

ARTICLE 2 - Transfer Disclosure

Section 4525. - 4525. (a) The owner of a separate interest shall provide...

Section 4528. - 4528. The form for billing disclosures required by Section 4530...

Section 4530. - 4530. (a) (1) Upon written request, the association shall, within...

Section 4535. - 4535. In addition to the requirements of this article, an...

Section 4540. - 4540. Any person who willfully violates this article is liable...

Section 4545. - 4545. Nothing in this article affects the validity of title...

ARTICLE 3 - Transfer Fee

Section 4575. - 4575. Except as provided in Section 4580, neither an association...

Section 4580. - 4580. The prohibition in Section 4575 does not apply to...

ARTICLE 4 - Restrictions on Transfer

Section 4600. - 4600. (a) Unless the governing documents specify a different percentage,...

Section 4605. - 4605. (a) A member of an association may bring a...

Section 4610. - 4610. (a) Except as provided in this section, the common...

Section 4615. - 4615. (a) In a common interest development, no labor performed...

Section 4620. - 4620. If the association is served with a claim of...

ARTICLE 5 - Transfer of Separate Interest

Section 4625. - 4625. In a community apartment project, any conveyance, judicial sale,...

Section 4630. - 4630. In a condominium project the common area is not...

Section 4635. - 4635. In a planned development, any conveyance, judicial sale, or...

Section 4640. - 4640. In a stock cooperative, any conveyance, judicial sale, or...

Section 4645. - 4645. Nothing in this article prohibits the transfer of exclusive...

Section 4650. - 4650. Any restrictions upon the severability of the component interests...

CHAPTER 5 - Property Use and Maintenance

ARTICLE 1 - Protected Uses

Section 4700. - 4700. This article includes provisions that limit the authority of...

Section 4705. - 4705. (a) Except as required for the protection of the...

Section 4706. - 4706. (a) Except as restricted in Section 1940.5, no governing...

Section 4710. - 4710. (a) The governing documents may not prohibit posting or...

Section 4715. - 4715. (a) No governing documents shall prohibit the owner of...

Section 4720. - 4720. (a) No association may require a homeowner to install...

Section 4725. - 4725. (a) Any covenant, condition, or restriction contained in any...

Section 4730. - 4730. (a) Any provision of a governing document that arbitrarily...

Section 4735. - 4735. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provision of the...

Section 4736. - 4736. (a) A provision of the governing documents shall be...

Section 4739. - 4739. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4740, an owner of a separate...

Section 4740. - 4740. (a) An owner of a separate interest in a...

Section 4741. - 4741. (a) An owner of a separate interest in a...

Section 4745. - 4745. (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any...

Section 4745.1. - 4745.1. (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any...

Section 4746. - 4746. (a) When reviewing a request to install a solar...

Section 4747. - 4747. (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any...

Section 4750. - 4750. (a) For the purposes of this section, “personal agriculture”...

Section 4751. - 4751. (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any...

Section 4753. - 4753. (a) For the purposes of this section, “clothesline” includes...

ARTICLE 2 - Modification of Separate Interest

Section 4760. - 4760. (a) Subject to the governing documents and applicable law,...

Section 4765. - 4765. (a) This section applies if the governing documents require...

ARTICLE 3 - Maintenance

Section 4775. - 4775. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), unless...

Section 4777. - 4777. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Adjacent...

Section 4780. - 4780. (a) In a community apartment project, condominium project, or...

Section 4785. - 4785. (a) The association may cause the temporary, summary removal...

Section 4790. - 4790. Notwithstanding the provisions of the declaration, a member is...

CHAPTER 6 - Association Governance

ARTICLE 1 - Association Existence and Powers

Section 4800. - 4800. A common interest development shall be managed by an...

Section 4805. - 4805. (a) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, and regardless...

Section 4820. - 4820. Whenever two or more associations have consolidated any of...

ARTICLE 2 - Board Meeting

Section 4900. - 4900. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 4910. - 4910. (a) The board shall not take action on any...

Section 4920. - 4920. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the association...

Section 4923. - 4923. An emergency board meeting may be called by the...

Section 4925. - 4925. (a) Any member may attend board meetings, except when...

Section 4930. - 4930. (a) Except as described in subdivisions (b) to (e),...

Section 4935. - 4935. (a) The board may adjourn to, or meet solely...

Section 4950. - 4950. (a) The minutes, minutes proposed for adoption that are...

Section 4955. - 4955. (a) A member of an association may bring a...

ARTICLE 3 - Member Meeting

Section 5000. - 5000. (a) Meetings of the membership of the association shall...

ARTICLE 4 - Member Election

Section 5100. - 5100. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law or provision of...

Section 5103. - 5103. Notwithstanding the secret balloting requirement in Section 5100, or...

Section 5105. - 5105. (a) An association shall adopt operating rules in accordance...

Section 5110. - 5110. (a) The association shall select an independent third party...

Section 5115. - 5115. (a) An association shall provide general notice of the...

Section 5120. - 5120. (a) All votes shall be counted and tabulated by...

Section 5125. - 5125. The sealed ballots, signed voter envelopes, voter list, proxies,...

Section 5130. - 5130. (a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 5135. - 5135. (a) Association funds shall not be used for campaign...

Section 5145. - 5145. (a) A member of an association may bring a...

ARTICLE 5 - Record Inspection

Section 5200. - 5200. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 5205. - 5205. (a) The association shall make available association records for...

Section 5210. - 5210. (a) Association records are subject to member inspection for...

Section 5215. - 5215. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the association...

Section 5216. - 5216. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, upon request of a...

Section 5220. - 5220. A member of the association may opt out of...

Section 5225. - 5225. A member requesting the membership list shall state the...

Section 5230. - 5230. (a) The association records, and any information from them,...

Section 5235. - 5235. (a) A member may bring an action to enforce...

Section 5240. - 5240. (a) As applied to an association and its members,...

ARTICLE 6 - Recordkeeping

Section 5260. - 5260. To be effective, any of the following requests shall...

ARTICLE 7 - Annual Reports

Section 5300. - 5300. (a) Notwithstanding a contrary provision in the governing documents,...

Section 5305. - 5305. Unless the governing documents impose more stringent standards, a...

Section 5310. - 5310. (a) Within 30 to 90 days before the end...

Section 5320. - 5320. (a) When a report is prepared pursuant to Section...

ARTICLE 8 - Conflict of Interest

Section 5350. - 5350. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and regardless of whether...

ARTICLE 9 - Managing Agent

Section 5375. - 5375. A prospective managing agent of a common interest development...

Section 5375.5. - 5375.5. A common interest development manager or common interest development...

Section 5376. - 5376. The common interest development manager, common interest development management...

Section 5380. - 5380. (a) A managing agent of a common interest development...

Section 5385. - 5385. For the purposes of this article, “managing agent” does...

ARTICLE 10 - Government Assistance

Section 5400. - 5400. To the extent existing funds are available, the Department...

Section 5405. - 5405. (a) To assist with the identification of common interest...

ARTICLE 11 - Emergency Powers and Procedures

Section 5450. - 5450. (a) This section only applies to a common interest...

CHAPTER 7 - Finances

ARTICLE 1 - Accounting

Section 5500. - 5500. Unless the governing documents impose more stringent standards, the...

Section 5501. - 5501. The review requirements of Section 5500 may be met...

Section 5502. - 5502. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, transfers shall not be...

ARTICLE 2 - Use of Reserve Funds

Section 5510. - 5510. (a) The signatures of at least two persons, who...

Section 5515. - 5515. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5510, the board may authorize the...

Section 5520. - 5520. (a) When the decision is made to use reserve...

ARTICLE 3 - Reserve Planning

Section 5550. - 5550. (a) At least once every three years, the board...

Section 5551. - 5551. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 5560. - 5560. (a) The reserve funding plan required by Section 5550...

Section 5565. - 5565. The summary of the association’s reserves required by paragraph...

Section 5570. - 5570. (a) The disclosures required by this article with regard...

Section 5580. - 5580. (a) Unless the governing documents impose more stringent standards,...

CHAPTER 8 - Assessments and Assessment Collection

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment and Imposition of Assessments

Section 5600. - 5600. (a) Except as provided in Section 5605, the association...

Section 5605. - 5605. (a) Annual increases in regular assessments for any fiscal...

Section 5610. - 5610. Section 5605 does not limit assessment increases necessary for...

Section 5615. - 5615. The association shall provide individual notice pursuant to Section...

Section 5620. - 5620. (a) Regular assessments imposed or collected to perform the...

Section 5625. - 5625. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), notwithstanding any...

ARTICLE 2 - Assessment Payment and Delinquency

Section 5650. - 5650. (a) A regular or special assessment and any late...

Section 5655. - 5655. (a) Any payments made by the owner of a...

Section 5658. - 5658. (a) If a dispute exists between the owner of...

Section 5660. - 5660. At least 30 days prior to recording a lien...

Section 5665. - 5665. (a) An owner, other than an owner of any...

Section 5670. - 5670. Prior to recording a lien for delinquent assessments, an...

Section 5673. - 5673. For liens recorded on or after January 1, 2006,...

Section 5675. - 5675. (a) The amount of the assessment, plus any costs...

Section 5680. - 5680. A lien created pursuant to Section 5675 shall be...

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