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DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS 3274-9566›PART 5. Common Interest Developments 4000-6150›CHAPTER 5. Property Use and Maintenance 4700-4790›ARTICLE 3. Maintenance 4775-4790

§ 4775

California Civil Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), unless otherwise provided in the declaration of a common interest development, the association is responsible for repairing, replacing, and maintaining the common area.

(2) Unless otherwise provided in the declaration of a common interest development, the owner of each separate interest is responsible for repairing, replacing, and maintaining that separate interest.

(3) Unless otherwise provided in the declaration of a common interest development, the owner of each separate interest is responsible for maintaining the exclusive use common area appurtenant to that separate interest and the association is responsible for repairing and replacing the exclusive use common area.

(b) The costs of temporary relocation during the repair and maintenance of the areas within the responsibility of the association shall be borne by the owner of the separate interest affected.

(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.

(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 405, Sec. 2. (AB 968) Effective January 1, 2015. Section operative January 1, 2017, by its own provisions.)

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