Civil Code Assessments & Liens
Right of Redemption
Chapter 8 · Assessments and Assessment Collection · Assessment Collection
Text current as of 2026-07-07 · Last amended by AB 805, eff. 2014-01-01
The code says CIV §5715
(a) Notwithstanding any law or any provisions of the governing documents to the contrary, this section shall apply to debts for assessments that arise on and after January 1, 2006.
(b) A nonjudicial foreclosure by an association to collect upon a debt for delinquent assessments shall be subject to a right of redemption. The redemption period within which the separate interest may be redeemed from a
foreclosure sale under this paragraph ends 90 days after the sale. In addition to the requirements of Section 2924f, a notice of sale in connection with an association’s foreclosure of a separate interest in a common interest development shall include a statement that the property is being sold subject to the right of redemption created in this section.
(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.
- Multani v. Witkin & Neal 215 Cal. App. 4th 1428 · 2013 Assessment foreclosures require post-sale notice of the redemption right.
- Barry v. Oc Residential Properties, LLC 194 Cal. App. 4th 861 · 2011 Redeeming after an assessment foreclosure means paying the buyer’s repair costs.
Every decision listed was decided before the current text (eff. 2014-01-01, AB 805).