Civil Code Definitions & Foundations
Managing Agent, 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 §4158
(a) A “managing agent” is a person who, for compensation or in expectation of compensation, exercises control over the assets of a common interest development.
(b) A “managing agent” does not include any of the following:
(1) A regulated financial institution operating within the normal course of its regulated business practice.
(2) An attorney at law acting within the scope of the attorney’s license.
(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.
Every decision listed was decided before the current text (eff. 2014-01-01, AB 805).
Defines “managing agent”
Used by 11 sections.
§4155 §4210 §4280 §4930 §5230 §5375 §5380 §5385 §5405 §5806 §5985