Civil Code Definitions & Foundations
§4100
Common Interest Development, Defined
Chapter 1 · General Provisions · Definitions
Text current as of 2026-07-07 · Last amended by AB 805, eff. 2014-01-01
The code says CIV §4100
“Common interest development” means any of the following:
(a) A community apartment project.
(b) A condominium project.
(c) A planned development.
(d) A stock cooperative.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative January 1, 2014, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 180.)
How courts have read this
Editorial summaries — not the court’s words.
- Golden Rain Foundation v. Franz 163 Cal. App. 4th 1141 · 2008 A nonprofit formed to manage a common interest development is an association.
decided before the current text (eff. 2014-01-01, AB 805)
- Lauckhart v. El Macero Homeowners Assn. 92 Cal. App. 5th 889 · 2023 Acquiring common area brings a development under the Davis-Stirling Act.
mentioned in passing
- Brown v. Montage at Mission Hills, Inc. 68 Cal. App. 5th 124 · 2021 A short-term rental ban cannot bind owners who predate it.
mentioned in passing