Civil Code Meetings
Conduct of Member Meetings
Chapter 6 · Association Governance · Member Meeting
Text current as of 2026-07-07 · Last amended by AB 805, eff. 2014-01-01
The code says CIV §5000
(a) Meetings of the membership of the association shall be conducted in accordance with a recognized system of parliamentary procedure or any parliamentary procedures the association may adopt.
(b) The board shall permit any member to speak at any meeting of the membership of the association. A reasonable time limit for all members to speak at a meeting of the association shall be established by the
board.
(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.
- Branches Neighborhood Corp. v. CalAtlantic Group, Inc. 26 Cal. App. 5th 743 · 2018 Upheld a CC&R member-vote precondition to developer suits — later voided by statute.
mentioned in passing
- Artus v. Gramercy Towers Condo. Ass'n 19 Cal. App. 5th 923 · 2018 Winning a preliminary injunction doesn’t make you the prevailing party for fees.
mentioned in passing