California Code
DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART 5.3 - Commercial and Industrial Common Interest Developments

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Preliminary Provisions

Section 6500. - 6500. This part shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 6502. - 6502. Division, part, title, chapter, article, and section headings do...

Section 6505. - 6505. Nothing in the act that added this part shall...

Section 6510. - 6510. Unless a contrary intent is clearly expressed, a local...

Section 6512. - 6512. (a) If a provision of this act requires that...

Section 6514. - 6514. (a) If a provision of this act requires that...

Section 6518. - 6518. (a) This section governs the delivery of a document...

Section 6520. - 6520. If the association or a member has consented to...

Section 6522. - 6522. If a provision of this act requires that an...

Section 6524. - 6524. If a provision of this act requires that an...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 6526. - 6526. The definitions in this article govern the construction of...

Section 6528. - 6528. “Association” means a nonprofit corporation or unincorporated association created...

Section 6530. - 6530. “Board” means the board of directors of the association....

Section 6531. - 6531. A “commercial or industrial common interest development” means a...

Section 6532. - 6532. (a) “Common area” means the entire common interest development...

Section 6534. - 6534. “Common interest development” means any of the following: (a)...

Section 6540. - 6540. “Condominium plan” means a plan described in Section 6624....

Section 6542. - 6542. (a) A “condominium project” means a real property development...

Section 6544. - 6544. “Declarant” means the person or group of persons designated...

Section 6546. - 6546. “Declaration” means the document, however denominated, that contains the...

Section 6548. - 6548. “Director” means a natural person who serves on the...

Section 6550. - 6550. (a) “Exclusive use common area” means a portion of...

Section 6552. - 6552. “Governing documents” means the declaration and any other documents,...

Section 6553. - 6553. “Individual notice” means the delivery of a document pursuant...

Section 6554. - 6554. “Member” means an owner of a separate interest. (Added...

Section 6560. - 6560. “Person” means a natural person, corporation, government or governmental...

Section 6562. - 6562. “Planned development” means a real property development other than...

Section 6564. - 6564. (a) “Separate interest” has the following meanings: (1) In...

Section 6566. - 6566. “Stock cooperative” means a development in which a corporation...

CHAPTER 2 - Application of Act

Section 6580. - 6580. Subject to Section 6582, this act applies and a...

Section 6582. - 6582. (a) This act applies only to a commercial or...

CHAPTER 3 - Governing Documents

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 6600. - 6600. (a) To the extent of any conflict between the...

Section 6602. - 6602. Any deed, declaration, or condominium plan for a common...

Section 6604. - 6604. In interpreting deeds and condominium plans, the existing physical...

Section 6606. - 6606. (a) No declaration or other governing document shall include...

Section 6608. - 6608. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the governing documents to...

Section 6610. - 6610. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or provision of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Declaration

Section 6614. - 6614. (a) A declaration, recorded on or after January 1,...

Section 6616. - 6616. Except to the extent that a declaration provides by...

Section 6618. - 6618. (a) The Legislature finds that there are common interest...

Section 6620. - 6620. (a) A declaration may be amended pursuant to the...

ARTICLE 3 - Articles of Incorporation

Section 6622. - 6622. (a) The articles of incorporation of an association filed...

ARTICLE 4 - Condominium Plan

Section 6624. - 6624. A condominium plan shall contain all of the following:...

Section 6626. - 6626. (a) The certificate consenting to the recordation of a...

Section 6628. - 6628. A condominium plan may be amended or revoked by...

ARTICLE 5 - Operating Rules

Section 6630. - 6630. For the purposes of this article, “operating rule” means...

Section 6632. - 6632. An operating rule is valid and enforceable only if...

CHAPTER 4 - Ownership and Transfer of Interests

ARTICLE 1 - Ownership Rights and Interests

Section 6650. - 6650. Unless the declaration otherwise provides, in a condominium project,...

Section 6652. - 6652. Unless the declaration otherwise provides: (a) In a condominium...

Section 6654. - 6654. Except as otherwise provided in law, an order of...

ARTICLE 2 - Restrictions on Transfers

Section 6656. - 6656. (a) Except as provided in this section, the common...

Section 6658. - 6658. (a) In a common interest development, no labor performed...

Section 6660. - 6660. If the association is served with a claim of...

ARTICLE 3 - Transfer of Separate Interest

Section 6662. - 6662. In a condominium project the common area is not...

Section 6664. - 6664. In a planned development, any conveyance, judicial sale, or...

Section 6666. - 6666. In a stock cooperative, any conveyance, judicial sale, or...

Section 6668. - 6668. Nothing in this article prohibits the transfer of exclusive...

Section 6670. - 6670. Any restrictions upon the severability of the component interests...

CHAPTER 5 - Property Use and Maintenance

ARTICLE 1 - Protected Uses

Section 6700. - 6700. This article includes provisions that limit the authority of...

Section 6702. - 6702. (a) Except as required for the protection of the...

Section 6704. - 6704. (a) The governing documents may not prohibit posting or...

Section 6706. - 6706. Notwithstanding Section 4202, Section 4715 applies to an owner...

Section 6708. - 6708. (a) Any covenant, condition, or restriction contained in any...

Section 6710. - 6710. (a) Any provision of a governing document that arbitrarily...

Section 6712. - 6712. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provision of the...

Section 6713. - 6713. (a) Any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any...

ARTICLE 2 - Modification of Separate Interest

Section 6714. - 6714. (a) Subject to the governing documents and applicable law,...

ARTICLE 3 - Maintenance

Section 6716. - 6716. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the declaration of a...

Section 6718. - 6718. (a) In a condominium project or stock cooperative, unless...

Section 6720. - 6720. (a) The association may cause the temporary, summary removal...

Section 6722. - 6722. Notwithstanding the provisions of the declaration, a member is...

CHAPTER 6 - Association Governance

ARTICLE 1 - Association Existence and Powers

Section 6750. - 6750. A common interest development shall be managed by an...

Section 6752. - 6752. (a) Unless the governing documents provide otherwise, and regardless...

ARTICLE 2 - Record Keeping

Section 6756. - 6756. To be effective, a request to change the member’s...

ARTICLE 3 - Conflict of Interest

Section 6758. - 6758. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and regardless of whether...

ARTICLE 4 - Government Assistance

Section 6760. - 6760. (a) To assist with the identification of commercial or...

CHAPTER 7 - Assessments and Assessment Collection

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment and Imposition of Assessments

Section 6800. - 6800. The association shall levy regular and special assessments sufficient...

Section 6804. - 6804. (a) Regular assessments imposed or collected to perform the...

ARTICLE 2 - Assessment Payment and Delinquency

Section 6808. - 6808. A regular or special assessment and any late charges,...

Section 6810. - 6810. (a) When an owner of a separate interest makes...

Section 6812. - 6812. At least 30 days prior to recording a lien...

Section 6814. - 6814. (a) The amount of the assessment, plus any costs...

Section 6816. - 6816. A lien created pursuant to Section 6814 shall be...

Section 6818. - 6818. (a) Within 21 days of the payment of the...

Section 6819. - 6819. An association that fails to comply with the procedures...

ARTICLE 3 - Assessment Collection

Section 6820. - 6820. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, after...

Section 6822. - 6822. (a) Any sale by the trustee shall be conducted...

Section 6824. - 6824. (a) A monetary charge imposed by the association as...

Section 6826. - 6826. (a) An association may not voluntarily assign or pledge...

Section 6828. - 6828. (a) Except as otherwise provided, this article applies to...

CHAPTER 8 - Insurance and Liability

Section 6840. - 6840. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

CHAPTER 9 - Dispute Resolution and Enforcement

ARTICLE 1 - Disciplinary Action

Section 6850. - 6850. (a) If an association adopts or has adopted a...

Section 6854. - 6854. Nothing in Section 6850 shall be construed to create,...

ARTICLE 2 - Civil Actions

Section 6856. - 6856. (a) The covenants and restrictions in the declaration shall...

Section 6858. - 6858. An association has standing to institute, defend, settle, or...

Section 6860. - 6860. (a) In an action maintained by an association pursuant...

CHAPTER 10 - Construction Defect Litigation

Section 6874. - 6874. (a) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the...

Section 6876. - 6876. (a) Not later than 30 days prior to the...