{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"4500","citation":"Civ. Code, § 4500","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 4. Ownership and Transfer of Interests [4500. - 4650.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-5/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Ownership Rights and Interests [4500. - 4515.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-5/chapter-4/article-1"}],"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>Unless the declaration otherwise provides, in a condominium project, or in a planned development in which the common area is owned by the owners of the separate interests, the common area is owned as tenants in common, in equal shares, one for each separate interest. </p>","text":"Unless the declaration otherwise provides, in a condominium project, or in a planned development in which the common area is owned by the owners of the separate interests, the common area is owned as tenants in common, in equal shares, one for each separate interest.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/ownership-rights-and-interests-4500","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}