Civil Code Ownership & Transfers
No Denial of Access to Separate Interest
Chapter 4 · Ownership and Transfer of Interests · Ownership Rights and Interests
Text current as of 2026-07-07 · Last amended by AB 805, eff. 2014-01-01
The code says CIV §4510
Except as otherwise provided in law, an order of the court, or an order pursuant to a final and binding arbitration decision, an association may not deny a member or occupant physical access to the member’s or occupant’s separate interest, either by restricting access through the common area to the separate interest, or by restricting access solely to the separate interest.
(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.
Decided under the former numbering
Every decision listed was decided before the current text (eff. 2014-01-01, AB 805).