CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [6500. - 6566.]

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 605, Sec. 21.

§§ 6500–6566 · 29 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Preliminary Provisions §§ 6500–6524 · 10 sections

   • § 6500 This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Commercial and Industrial Common Interest Development Act. In a provision of this part, the part may be…
   • § 6502 Division, part, title, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of this act.
   • § 6505 Nothing in the act that added this part shall be construed to invalidate a document prepared or action taken before January 1, 2014, if the document or action…
   • § 6510 Unless a contrary intent is clearly expressed, a local zoning ordinance is construed to treat like structures, lots, parcels, areas, or spaces in like manner…
   • § 6512 (a) If a provision of this act requires that a document be delivered to an association, the document shall be delivered to the person designated to receive…
   • § 6514 (a) If a provision of this act requires that an association deliver a document by “individual delivery” or “individual notice,” the document shall be delivered…
   • § 6518 (a) This section governs the delivery of a document pursuant to this act. (b) If a document is delivered by mail, delivery is deemed to be complete on deposit…
   • § 6520 If the association or a member has consented to receive information by electronic delivery, and a provision of this act requires that the information be in…
   • § 6522 If a provision of this act requires that an action be approved by a majority of all members, the action shall be approved or ratified by an affirmative vote of…
   • § 6524 If a provision of this act requires that an action be approved by a majority of a quorum of the members, the action shall be approved or ratified by an…
2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 6526–6566 · 19 sections

   • § 6526 The definitions in this article govern the construction of this act.
   • § 6528 “Association” means a nonprofit corporation or unincorporated association created for the purpose of managing a common interest development.
   • § 6530 “Board” means the board of directors of the association.
   • § 6531 A “commercial or industrial common interest development” means a common interest development that is limited to industrial or commercial uses by law or by a…
   • § 6532 (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…
   • § 6534 “Common interest development” means any of the following: (a) A condominium project. (b) A planned development. (c) A stock cooperative.
   • § 6540 “Condominium plan” means a plan described in Section 6624.
   • § 6542 (a) A “condominium project” means a real property development consisting of condominiums. (b) A condominium consists of an undivided interest in common in a…
   • § 6544 “Declarant” means the person or group of persons designated in the declaration as declarant, or if no declarant is designated, the person or group of persons…
   • § 6546 “Declaration” means the document, however denominated, that contains the information required by Section 6614.
   • § 6548 “Director” means a natural person who serves on the board.
   • § 6550 (a) “Exclusive use common area” means a portion of the common area designated by the declaration for the exclusive use of one or more, but fewer than all, of…
   • § 6552 “Governing documents” means the declaration and any other documents, such as bylaws, operating rules, articles of incorporation, or articles of association,…
   • § 6553 “Individual notice” means the delivery of a document pursuant to Section 6514.
   • § 6554 “Member” means an owner of a separate interest.
   • § 6560 “Person” means a natural person, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability…
   • § 6562 “Planned development” means a real property development other than a condominium project, or a stock cooperative, having either or both of the following…
   • § 6564 (a) “Separate interest” has the following meanings: (1) In a condominium project, “separate interest” means a separately owned unit, as specified in Section…
   • § 6566 “Stock cooperative” means a development in which a corporation is formed or availed of, primarily for the purpose of holding title to, either in fee simple or…