Civil Code Assessments & Liens
Dispute Resolution Before Lien
Chapter 8 · Assessments and Assessment Collection · Assessment Payment and Delinquency
Text current as of 2026-07-07 · Last amended by AB 805, eff. 2014-01-01
The code says CIV §5670
Prior to recording a lien for delinquent assessments, an association shall offer the owner and, if so requested by the owner, participate in dispute resolution pursuant to the association’s “meet and confer” program required in Article 2 (commencing with Section 5900) of Chapter 10.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative January 1, 2014, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 180.)
Where this sits in the process
Editorial summaries — not the statute’s text.
Collecting a delinquent assessment
Before: §5665 — The association must offer internal dispute resolution before recording a lien for delinquent assessments.
After: §5673 — The decision to record the lien belongs to the board alone — a majority vote of the directors in an open meeting, recorded in the minutes — and cannot be delegated.
How courts have read this
Editorial summaries — not the court’s words.
Cites (1)
References whole articles
- Article 2 — Internal Dispute Resolution (6 sections, commencing §5900)