California Code
DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
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...

Section 5685. - 5685. (a) Within 21 days of the payment of the...

Section 5690. - 5690. An association that fails to comply with the procedures...

ARTICLE 3 - Assessment Collection

Section 5700. - 5700. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, after...

Section 5705. - 5705. (a) Notwithstanding any law or any provisions of the...

Section 5710. - 5710. (a) Any sale by the trustee shall be conducted...

Section 5715. - 5715. (a) Notwithstanding any law or any provisions of the...

Section 5720. - 5720. (a) Notwithstanding any law or any provisions of the...

Section 5725. - 5725. (a) A monetary charge imposed by the association as...

Section 5730. - 5730. (a) The annual policy statement, prepared pursuant to Section...

Section 5735. - 5735. (a) An association may not voluntarily assign or pledge...

Section 5740. - 5740. (a) Except as otherwise provided, this article applies to...

CHAPTER 9 - Insurance and Liability

Section 5800. - 5800. (a) A volunteer officer or volunteer director described in...

Section 5805. - 5805. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 5806. - 5806. Unless the governing documents require greater coverage amounts, the...

Section 5810. - 5810. The association shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, provide...

CHAPTER 10 - Dispute Resolution and Enforcement

ARTICLE 1 - Discipline and Cost Reimbursement

Section 5850. - 5850. (a) If an association adopts or has adopted a...

Section 5855. - 5855. (a) When the board is to meet to consider...

Section 5865. - 5865. Nothing in Section 5850 or 5855 shall be construed...

Section 5875. - 5875. An association shall not pursue any enforcement actions for...

ARTICLE 2 - Internal Dispute Resolution

Section 5900. - 5900. (a) This article applies to a dispute between an...

Section 5905. - 5905. (a) An association shall provide a fair, reasonable, and...

Section 5910. - 5910. A fair, reasonable, and expeditious dispute resolution procedure shall,...

Section 5910.1. - 5910.1. An association may not file a civil action regarding...

Section 5915. - 5915. (a) This section applies to an association that does...

Section 5920. - 5920. The annual policy statement prepared pursuant to Section 5310...

ARTICLE 3 - Alternative Dispute Resolution Prerequisite to Civil Action

Section 5925. - 5925. As used in this article: (a) “Alternative dispute resolution”...

Section 5930. - 5930. (a) An association or a member may not file...

Section 5935. - 5935. (a) Any party to a dispute may initiate the...

Section 5940. - 5940. (a) If the party on whom a Request for...

Section 5945. - 5945. If a Request for Resolution is served before the...

Section 5950. - 5950. (a) At the time of commencement of an enforcement...

Section 5955. - 5955. (a) After an enforcement action is commenced, on written...

Section 5960. - 5960. In an enforcement action in which attorney’s fees and...

Section 5965. - 5965. (a) An association shall annually provide its members a...

ARTICLE 4 - Civil Action

Section 5975. - 5975. (a) The covenants and restrictions in the declaration shall...

Section 5980. - 5980. An association has standing to institute, defend, settle, or...

Section 5985. - 5985. (a) In an action maintained by an association pursuant...

Section 5986. - 5986. (a) Subject to compliance with Section 6150, which requires...

CHAPTER 11 - Construction Defect Litigation

Section 6000. - 6000. (a) Before an association files a complaint for damages...

Section 6100. - 6100. (a) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the...

Section 6150. - 6150. (a) Not later than 30 days before filing of...