DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS 3274-9566›PART 5.3. Commercial and Industrial Common Interest Developments 6500-6876›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 6500-6566›ARTICLE 2. Definitions 6526-6566

§ 6532

California Civil Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

(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 estate, an estate for years, or any combination of the foregoing.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in a planned development described in subdivision (b) of Section 6562, the common area may consist of mutual or reciprocal easement rights appurtenant to the separate interests.

(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 605, Sec. 21. (SB 752) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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