{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"4095","citation":"Civ. Code, § 4095","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274. - 9566.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4"},{"name":"PART 5. Common Interest Developments [4000. - 6150.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [4000. - 4190.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-5/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Definitions [4075. - 4190.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-5/chapter-1/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2.   (AB 805)   Effective January 1, 2013.   Operative January 1, 2014, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 180.","effective":"2013-01-01","html":"<p>(a) “Common area” means the entire common interest development except the separate interests therein. The estate in the common area may be a fee, a life estate, an estate for years, or any combination of the foregoing.</p><p>(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in a planned development described in subdivision (b) of Section <a href=\"/civ/4175\">4175</a>, the common area may consist of mutual or reciprocal easement rights appurtenant to the separate interests. </p>","text":"(a) “Common area” means the entire common interest development except the separate interests therein. The estate in the common area may be a fee, a life estate, an estate for years, or any combination of the foregoing. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in a planned development described in subdivision (b) of Section 4175, the common area may consist of mutual or reciprocal easement rights appurtenant to the separate interests.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/definitions-4095","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}