Civil Code Disputes & Enforcement
Dispute Resolution Procedure Required
Chapter 10 · Dispute Resolution and Enforcement · Internal Dispute Resolution
Text current as of 2026-07-07 · Last amended by AB 805, eff. 2014-01-01
The code says CIV §5905
(a) An association shall provide a fair, reasonable, and expeditious procedure for resolving a dispute within the scope of this article.
(b) In developing a procedure pursuant to this article, an association shall make maximum, reasonable use of available local dispute resolution programs involving a neutral third party, including low-cost mediation programs such as those listed on the Internet Web
sites of the Department of Consumer Affairs and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(c) If an association does not provide a fair, reasonable, and expeditious procedure for resolving a dispute within the scope of this article, the procedure provided in Section 5915 applies and satisfies the requirement of subdivision (a).
(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
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Decided under the former numbering
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