CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [4000 - 4190]

ARTICLE 1. Preliminary Provisions [4000 - 4070]

§ 4000 — Short title § 4005 — Effect of headings on scope, meaning, or intent of act § 4010 — Continuation of prior law § 4020 — Construction of zoning ordinances § 4035 — Delivery of document to association § 4040 — Individual delivery or individual notice § 4041 — Member's preferred delivery method; annual notice to association § 4045 — General delivery or general notice § 4050 — Time of delivery § 4055 — Electronic delivery; satisfaction of written information requirement § 4065 — Approval by majority § 4070 — Approval by majority of quorum

ARTICLE 2. Definitions [4075 - 4190]

§ 4075 — Construction of act § 4076 — "Annual budget report" defined § 4078 — "Annual policy statement" defined § 4080 — "Association" defined § 4085 — "Board" defined § 4090 — "Board meeting" defined § 4095 — "Common area" defined § 4100 — "Common interest development" defined § 4105 — "Community apartment project" defined § 4110 — "Community service organization or similar entity" defined § 4120 — "Condominium plan" defined § 4125 — "Condominium project" defined § 4130 — "Declarant" defined § 4135 — "Declaration" defined § 4140 — "Director" defined § 4145 — "Exclusive use common area" defined § 4148 — "General notice" defined § 4150 — "Governing documents" defined § 4153 — "Individual notice" defined § 4155 — "Item of business" defined § 4158 — "Managing agent" defined § 4160 — "Member" defined § 4170 — "Person" defined § 4175 — "Planned development" defined § 4177 — "Reserve accounts" defined § 4178 — "Reserve account requirements" defined § 4185 — "Separate interest" defined § 4190 — "Stock cooperative" defined

CHAPTER 2. Application of Act [4200 - 4202]

§ 4200 — Creation of common interest development; application of act § 4201 — Development not containing common area; application of act § 4202 — Commercial or industrial common interest developments

CHAPTER 3. Governing Documents [4205 - 4370]

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [4205 - 4235]

§ 4205 — Authority of documents § 4210 — Statements for collection of regular and special assessments, transfer fees, and other charges § 4215 — Liberal construction of instruments § 4220 — Boundaries of units; presumptions § 4225 — Restrictive covenants; deletion from declaration or other governing document; recording or filing of amended document § 4230 — Amendment of governing documents to delete construction or marketing provisions after completion by developer; requirements § 4235 — Correction of statutory references in documents

ARTICLE 2. Declaration [4250 - 4275]

§ 4250 — Contents of declaration § 4255 — Notice of airport in vicinity; notice of San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission jurisdiction § 4260 — Amendment of declaration; authorization § 4265 — Extension of term of declaration § 4270 — Amendment of declaration; procedure § 4275 — Amendment of declaration; petition; contents; filing; findings by court; power of court to approve amendment; recording amendment; delivery

ARTICLE 3. Articles of Incorporation [4280- 4280.]

§ 4280 — Association articles of incorporation; required statements

ARTICLE 4. Condominium Plan [4285 - 4295]

§ 4285 — Contents of condominium plan § 4290 — Certificate consenting to recordation of condominium plan; signatures and acknowledgements § 4295 — Amendment or revocation of condominium plan

ARTICLE 5. Operating Rules [4340 - 4370]

§ 4340 — Definitions § 4350 — Requirements for validity and enforceability § 4355 — Approved subject matters; board action to propose rule change; special meetings of members to reverse rule change § 4360 — Proposed rule change by board action; notice; meeting § 4365 — Special meeting of members to reverse rule change; notice; voting requirements; effect of approved reversal § 4370 — Applicability of article to changes commenced before and after January 1, 2004

CHAPTER 4. Ownership and Transfer of Interests [4500 - 4650]

ARTICLE 1. Ownership Rights and Interests [4500 - 4515]

§ 4500 — Ownership of common areas § 4505 — Rights and easements of ingress, egress, and support § 4510 — Physical access to owner or occupant's separate interest § 4515 — Protection of members' and residents' rights to peacefully assemble and communicate; enumeration of protected activities; use of common areas for protected activities; civil remedies and penalty for infringement upon protected activities; retaliation for exercise of rights prohibited

ARTICLE 2. Transfer Disclosure [4525 - 4545]

§ 4525 — Disclosure to prospective purchaser § 4528 — Document disclosure summary form § 4530 — Documents to be provided by association; Fee for providing requested documents § 4535 — Related requirements § 4540 — Enforcement of article § 4545 — Validity of title unaffected

ARTICLE 3. Transfer Fee [4575 - 4580]

§ 4575 — Transfer fee § 4580 — Exemption from transfer fee limitations

ARTICLE 4. Restrictions on Transfer [4600 - 4620]

§ 4600 — Grant of exclusive use § 4605 — Civil action for violation of Section 4600 § 4610 — Partition of condominium project § 4615 — Lien for work performed in common interest development § 4620 — Notice of claim of lien

ARTICLE 5. Transfer of Separate Interest [4625 - 4650]

§ 4625 — Community apartment project § 4630 — Condominium project § 4635 — Planned development § 4640 — Stock cooperative § 4645 — Transfer of exclusive use common area § 4650 — Severability of interests

CHAPTER 5. Property Use and Maintenance [4700 - 4790]

ARTICLE 1. Protected Uses [4700 - 4753]

§ 4700 — Scope of article; related provisions § 4705 — Display of United States flag by owner on or in owner's separate interest or within exclusive use common area § 4706 — Display of religious item on entry door or entry door frame of member's separate interest § 4710 — Prohibition of posting or displaying noncommercial signs, posters, flags, or banners; permitted placement of posting or displaying; exceptions § 4715 — Pets within common interest developments § 4720 — Roof installation or repair; roofing materials § 4725 — Restrictions on installation or use of video or television antenna; enforceability based on size; reasonable restrictions; application approval; attorney's fees § 4730 — Prohibition against association rule or regulation that arbitrarily or unreasonably restricts owner's ability to market his or her interest in common development; other enumerated restrictions § 4735 — Governing documents or architectural or landscaping guidelines or policies; void and unenforceable provisions; landscaping rules; certain fines or assessments prohibited; water-efficient landscaping measures in response to state of emergency § 4736 — Governing documents; void and unenforceable provisions; pressure washing § 4739 — Governing documents; prohibited provisions; rental or lease for periods of more than 30 days; parking restrictions and guest access to common facilities § 4740 — Rental or leasing of separate interests; provisions in governing documents § 4741 — Rental or leasing of separate interests, accessory dwelling units, or junior accessory dwelling units; provisions in governing documents; penalty for violations § 4745 — Electric vehicle charging stations § 4745.1 — EV-dedicated TOU meters § 4746 — Request to install a solar energy system; requirements; additional provisions; definitions § 4747 — Floor area ratio standards authorized for eligible housing development projects; applicability; legislative findings and declarations § 4750 — Backyard personal agriculture; scope of application; homeowners' association regulations § 4751 — Accessory dwelling units or junior accessory dwelling units § 4752 — Substantially similar reconstruction of residential structure destroyed or damaged in disaster; covenant, restriction, or condition void and unenforceable § 4753 — Use of clothesline or drying rack; conditions

ARTICLE 2. Modification of Separate Interest [4760 - 4766]

§ 4760 — Modification of member's separate interest; facilitation of access for handicapped; approval by project association § 4765 — Physical change to member's separate interest or common area; requirements to approve or disapprove proposed changes; notice of requirements § 4766 — Substantially similar reconstruction of residential structure destroyed or damaged in disaster; covenant, restriction, or condition requiring review; review procedures

ARTICLE 3. Maintenance [4775 - 4790]

§ 4775 — Responsibility for repair, replacement, and maintenance § 4777 — Written notice of pesticide application; contents § 4780 — Damage by wood-destroying pests or organisms § 4785 — Temporary removal of occupant for treatment of wood-destroying pests or organisms § 4790 — Access for maintenance of telephone wiring

CHAPTER 6. Association Governance [4800 - 5450]

ARTICLE 1. Association Existence and Powers [4800 - 4820]

§ 4800 — Management by association § 4805 — Powers of association § 4820 — Consolidation of associations

ARTICLE 2. Board Meeting [4900 - 4955]

§ 4900 — Short title § 4910 — Action on items outside of meeting prohibited; electronic transmissions as method of conducting meeting § 4920 — Notice § 4923 — Emergency board meeting § 4925 — Open meeting; executive session exception § 4926 — Conditions for conducting meetings entirely by teleconference § 4930 — Subjects of meeting; issues not on agenda § 4935 — Executive session § 4950 — Meeting minutes § 4955 — Civil action for violation of article; costs and attorney's fees

ARTICLE 3. Member Meeting [5000- 5000.]

§ 5000 — Use of parliamentary procedure

ARTICLE 4. Member Election [5100 - 5145]

§ 5100 — Scope of article § 5103 — Election by acclamation; conditions § 5105 — Operating rules; disqualification from nomination as candidate; electronic secret ballots § 5110 — Inspector of elections; duties § 5115 — General notice of election; ballots; quorum; cumulative voting; election by mail; inclusion of text of proposed amendment of governing documents § 5120 — Counting and tabulation of votes; reporting of tabulated results; review of electronic secret ballot tally sheets § 5125 — Custody of election materials § 5130 — Proxies; definitions § 5135 — Campaign-related information § 5145 — Judicial enforcement

ARTICLE 5. Record Inspection [5200 - 5240]

§ 5200 — Definitions § 5205 — Document § 5210 — Time periods § 5215 — Withholding and redaction § 5216 — Safe at Home participants § 5220 — Membership list opt out § 5225 — Membership list request § 5230 — Restriction on use of records § 5235 — Enforcement § 5240 — Application of article

ARTICLE 6. Recordkeeping [5260- 5260.]

§ 5260 — Mailing-related requests

ARTICLE 7. Annual Reports [5300 - 5320]

§ 5300 — Annual budget report § 5305 — Review of financial statement § 5310 — Annual policy statement § 5320 — Notice of availability

ARTICLE 8. Conflict of Interest [5350- 5350.]

§ 5350 — Interested director

ARTICLE 9. Managing Agent [5375 - 5385]

§ 5375 — Prospective managing agent disclosure § 5375.5 — Conflict of interest disclosure § 5376 — Facilitation of disclosure delivery § 5380 — Trust fund account § 5385 — Managing agent

ARTICLE 10. Government Assistance [5400 - 5405]

§ 5400 — Director training course § 5405 — State registry \[Effective until July 1, 2026\]

ARTICLE 11. Emergency Powers and Procedures [5450- 5450.]

§ 5450 — Applicability; Emergency procedures

CHAPTER 7. Finances [5500 - 5580]

ARTICLE 1. Accounting [5500 - 5502]

§ 5500 — Board review § 5501 — Satisfaction of review requirements § 5502 — Transfers requiring board approval

ARTICLE 2. Use of Reserve Funds [5510 - 5520]

§ 5510 — Use of reserve funds § 5515 — Temporary transfer of reserve funds § 5520 — Use of reserve funds for litigation

ARTICLE 3. Reserve Planning [5550 - 5580]

§ 5550 — Visual inspection of major components and reserve study § 5551 — Visual inspection of exterior elevated elements; Written report § 5560 — Reserve funding plan § 5565 — Summary of association reserves § 5570 — Assessment and reserve funding disclosure summary § 5580 — Community service organization report

CHAPTER 8. Assessments and Assessment Collection [5600 - 5740]

ARTICLE 1. Establishment and Imposition of Assessments [5600 - 5625]

§ 5600 — Levy of assessment § 5605 — Assessment approval requirements § 5610 — Emergency exception to assessment approval requirements § 5615 — Notice of assessment increase § 5620 — Exemption from execution § 5625 — Property tax value as basis for assessments

ARTICLE 2. Assessment Payment and Delinquency [5650 - 5690]

§ 5650 — Assessment debt and delinquency § 5655 — Payments § 5658 — Payment under protest § 5660 — Notice prior to recording a lien § 5665 — Payment plan § 5670 — Dispute resolution § 5673 — Decision to record a lien § 5675 — Notice of delinquent assessment § 5680 — Lien priority § 5685 — Lien release § 5690 — Procedural noncompliance

ARTICLE 3. Assessment Collection [5700 - 5740]

§ 5700 — Collection generally § 5705 — Decision to foreclose § 5710 — Foreclosure § 5715 — Right of redemption after trustee sale § 5720 — Limitation on foreclosure § 5725 — Limitations on authority to foreclose liens for monetary penalties and damage to the common area § 5730 — Statement of collection procedure § 5735 — Assignment or pledge § 5740 — Application of article

CHAPTER 9. Insurance and Liability [5800 - 5810]

§ 5800 — Tortious act or omission of volunteer officer or director of association managing residential development; liability; criteria; limitations § 5805 — Tort actions against owner of separate interest; tenant-in-common in common area; association liability; insurance requirements § 5806 — Maintenance of crime insurance, employee dishonesty coverage, fidelity bond coverage, or equivalent for directors, officers, and employees; amount; computer fraud; funds transfer fraud; dishonest acts by managing agent or management company § 5810 — Individual notice to members of changes in insurance coverage

CHAPTER 10. Dispute Resolution and Enforcement [5850 - 5986]

ARTICLE 1. Discipline and Cost Reimbursement [5850 - 5875]

§ 5850 — Monetary penalties; provision of information to members § 5855 — Board disciplinary proceedings; notice to member § 5865 — Authority of board to impose monetary penalties § 5875 — Enforcement actions for violation of governing documents during declared state or local emergency

ARTICLE 2. Internal Dispute Resolution [5900 - 5920]

§ 5900 — Application of article § 5905 — Fair, reasonable, and expeditious procedure to resolve disputes; use of local dispute resolution programs § 5910 — Requirements of fair, reasonable, and expeditious dispute resolution program § 5910.1 — Civil action; compliance with dispute resolution program § 5915 — Application of section; use of procedures; dispute resolution agreements; conditions; fees § 5920 — Annual policy statement; description of internal dispute resolution process

ARTICLE 3. Alternative Dispute Resolution Prerequisite to Civil Action [5925 - 5965]

§ 5925 — Definitions § 5930 — Filing enforcement actions; application of section § 5935 — Initiation of process; serving a Request for Resolution; personal delivery; acceptance or rejection of request § 5940 — Timeline for completion of alternative dispute resolution; application of Evidence Code; costs § 5945 — Tolling of statute of limitations § 5950 — Certificates filed with initial pleading; grounds for demurrer or motion to strike § 5955 — Referral of actions to alternative dispute resolution; stay of referred action; costs § 5960 — Award of fees and costs § 5965 — Annual summary of provisions of article; contents of summary; inclusion in annual policy statement

ARTICLE 4. Civil Action [5975 - 5986]

§ 5975 — Covenants and restrictions in declaration as equitable servitudes; enforcement; alternative dispute resolution § 5980 — Standing § 5985 — Reduction of damages awarded; comparative fault of association § 5986 — Authority of board to commence legal proceedings; application of section

CHAPTER 11. Construction Defect Litigation [6100 - 6150]

§ 6100 — Settlement agreements regarding alleged defects; notice of resolution to members on record; disclosures § 6150 — Written notice to members prior to filing civil action; contents