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Cal. Civ. Code § 5980

Civil Action

Known as the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act

The act spans §§ 4000 to 6150 (223 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 224 Cal. App. 4th 754 - Seahaus La Jolla Owners Ass'n v. Superior Court (2014)

Most recently applied in 238 Cal. Rptr. 3d 792 - Cheveldave v. Tri Palms Unified Owners Ass'n (October 2018)

Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2

An association has standing to institute, defend, settle, or intervene in litigation, arbitration, mediation, or administrative proceedings in its own name as the real party in interest and without joining with it the members, in matters pertaining to the following:

(a) Enforcement of the governing documents.

(b) Damage to the common area.

(c) Damage to a separate interest that the association is obligated to maintain or repair.

(d) Damage to a separate interest that arises out of, or is integrally related to, damage to the common area or a separate interest that the association is obligated to maintain or repair.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.