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COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION STATUTES

I. DAVIS-STIRLING COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENT ACT
TITLE 6. COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENTS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Preliminary Provisions
§1350.	Citation
§1350.5.	Headings
§1350.7.	Methods of Delivering Notice; Applicable Sections of Law
Article 2. Definitions
§1351.	Definitions
CHAPTER 2. GOVERNING DOCUMENTS
Article 1. Creation
§1352.	Application of Title; Creation of Common Interest Development
§1352.5.	Discriminatory Restrictive Covenants; Removal from Governing Documents
§1353.	Declaration; Contents
§1353.5.	Display of Flag of the United States
§1353.6.	Sign Restrictions
§1353.7.	Roof Coverings; Fires and Fire Protection
§1353.8.	Low Water-Using Plants; Water-Efficient Landscape Ordinances, Emergency Water Use Regulations
Article 2. Enforcement
§1354	Covenants and Restrictions in Declaration as Equitable Servitudes; Enforcement; Attorneys' Fees
Article 3. Amendment
§1355.	Amendment of Declaration
§1355.5.	Amendment of Governing Documents for Certain Declarant Provisions
§1356.	Amendment of Declaration; Power of Court to Approve Amendment; Recording Amendment; Mailing
§1357.	Extension of Term of Declaration
Article 4. Operating Rules
§1357.100.	Operating Rules; Definitions
§1357.110.	Requirements to be Valid and Enforceable
§1357.120.	Rule Changes for Certain Operating Rules; Applicability and Exceptions
§1357.130.	Rule Changes; Procedures for Notice, Adoption; Emergency Rule Changes
§1357.140.	Rule Changes; Reversal
§1357.150.	Commencement of Rule Changes
CHAPTER 3. OWNERSHIP RIGHTS AND INTERESTS
§1358.	Interests Included in Conveyance, Judicial Sale or Transfer of Separate Interests; Transfers of Exclusive Use Areas; Restrictions Upon Severability of Component Interests
§1359.	Restrictions on Partition
§1360.	Modification of Unit By Owner; Facilitation of Access for Handicapped; Approval by Project Association
§1360.5.	Restrictions on Pets
§1361.	Rights and Easements of Ingress, Egress, and Support
§1361.5.	Access to Owners' Separate Interests
§1362.	Ownership of Common Areas
CHAPTER 4. GOVERNANCE
Article 1. Association
§1363.	Management; Powers of Association; Membership Rights
§1363.001.	On-Line Education for Directors
§1363.005.	Disclosure Documents Index
Article 2. Common Interest Development Open Meeting Act
§1363.03.	Election Rules; Secret Ballots; Inspectors of Election; Balloting
§1363.04.	Association Funds and Campaigns
§1363.05.	Common Interest Development Open Meeting Act
§1363.07.	Grants of Exclusive Use of Common Area
§1363.09.	Remedies for Violation of Election Procedures, Campaign Fund Restrictions, CID Open Meeting Act, Invalid Grants of ExclusiveUse of CommonArea
Article 3. Managing Agents
§1363.1.	Prospective Managing Agent; Written Disclosures
§1363.2	Managing Agent; Deposit of Funds Received; Requirements; Separate Record; Commingling of Funds
Article 4. Public Information
§1363.5.	Articles of Incorporation; Identifying Corporation as Association; Business Office Address; Managing Agent's Name and Address
§1363.6.	Identification and Registration of Community Associations
Article 5. Dispute Resolution Procedure
§1363.810.	Dispute Resolution; Application
§1363.820.	Fair, Reasonable, and Expeditious Procedures
§1363.830.	Minimum Requirements; Dispute Resolution Procedures
§1363.840.	Statutory Default Procedure
§1363.850.	Annual Notice, Description of Association Meet and Confer Program
CHAPTER 5. OPERATIONS
Article 1. Common Areas
§1364.	Responsibility for Repair, Replacement, or Maintenance; Damage byWood-Destroying Pests or Organisms; Cost Allocation; Notice of Repair Requirements; Access for TelephoneWiring
Article 2. Fiscal Matters
§1365.	Documents Prepared and Distributed by the Association
§1365.1.	Statutory Notice; Assessment Collection and Foreclosure; Secondary Addresses for Purposes of Notices Required in This Article
§1365.2.	Access to Association Records
§1365.2.5	Form; Assessment and Reserve Funding Disclosure Summary
§1365.3.	Community Service Organizations; Financial Disclosures
§1365.5.	Board of Directors; Duties; Operating and Reserve Accounts; Borrowing From Reserve Accounts; Notice to Members; Visual Inspection of Components; Study of Reserve Accounts
Article 3. Insurance
§1365.6.	Interested Directors; Conflicts of Interest
§1365.7.	Tortious Act or Omission of Volunteer Officer or Director of Association Managing Residential Development; Liability; Criteria; Limitations
§1365.9	Member Limited Immunity; General Liability Insurance
Article 4. Assessments
§1366.	Levy of Assessments; Limitation on Increases; Delinquent Assessments; Interest
§1366.1.	Limitation on Imposition or Collection of Assessments or Fees
§1366.2.	Statement Identifing Party Authorized to Receive Assessments
§1366.3.	Disputed Assessments; Payment Under Protest; Notice
§1366.4.	Assessments Based on Taxable Value of Separate Interests
§1367.	Assessments; Debt of Owner; Notice; Lien; Monetary Penalties; Enforcement of Liens; Application to Liens Recorded Prior to January 1, 2003
§1367.1.	Assessments; Debt of Owner; Notice; Lien; Monetary Penalties; Enforcement of Liens; Application to Liens Recorded On or After January 1, 2003
§1367.4.	Foreclosure of Liens for Assessment Debt Arising On or After January 1, 2006; Amount and Time Thresholds; Small Claims Court Judgments
§1367.5.	Liens Recorded in Error
§1367.6.	Payment Under Protest
CHAPTER 6. TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS
§1368.	Sale or Title Transfer; Provision of Specified Items to Prospective Purchasers; Copies; Fees; Violations, Penalty and Attorneys' Fees; Validity of Title Transferred in Violation; Additional Requirements
§1368.1.	Marketing of Separate Interests
CHAPTER 7. CIVIL ACTIONS AND LIENS
Article 1. Miscellaneous Provisions
§1368.3.	Standing
§1368.4.	Allocation of Damages
§1368.5.	Civil Action; Damage to Common Interest Development; Notice to Members
§1369.	Liens for Labor and Materials
Article 2. Alternative Dispute Resolution
§1369.510.	Definitions
§1369.520.	Litigation Pre-Filing Requirements
§1369.530.	Initiating the Process; Request for Resolution
§1369.540.	Completing the Process; Costs
§1369.550.	Tolling of Statutes of Limitation
§1369.560.	Certificate; Commencement of Action
§1369.570.	Post-Filing Reference
§1369.580.	Refusal to Participate in Pre-Filing Alternative Dispute Resolution
§1369.590.	Annual Disclosure
CHAPTER 8. CONSTRUCTION OF INSTRUMENTS AND ZONING
§1370.	Liberal Construction of Instruments
§1371.	Boundaries of Units; Presumption
§1372.	Construction of Zoning Ordinances
§1373.	Developments Expressly Zoned as Industrial or Commercial and Limited to Such Purposes; Exclusions
§1374.	Application of Act; Common Area Requirement
CHAPTER 9. CONSTRUCTION DEFECT LITIGATION
§1375.	Design or Construction Defects; Prefiling Procedures [Operative Until July 1, 2010]
§1375.05.	Design and Construction Defects; Procedures in Litigation [Operative Until July 1, 2010]
§1375.1.	Disclosure to Members; Resolution of Design or Construction Defect Dispute
CHAPTER 10. IMPROVEMENTS
§1376.	Video or Television Antennas; Satellite Dish Systems; Restrictions on Installation; Application for Approval
§1378.	Architectural or Design Review; Procedures for Approval

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