Civil Code Assessments & Liens
Board Approval of 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 §5673
For liens recorded on or after January 1, 2006, the decision to record a lien for delinquent assessments shall be made only by the board and may not be delegated to an agent of the association. The board shall approve the decision by a majority vote of the directors in an open meeting. The board shall record the vote in the minutes of that meeting.
(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: §5670 — 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.
After: §5675 — The lien exists only once recorded: it attaches from and after the association records a notice of delinquent assessment with the county recorder.
How courts have read this
Editorial summaries — not the court’s words.