Davis-Stirling Conversion Table
Use the following table as a reference when searching for the applicable new provisions of the Davis-Stirling Act ("New Code") effective since January 1, 2014. The "Old Code" was effective through December 31, 2013. Where substantive changes to the New Code apply, we have provided links below to our further discussion of such New Code sections.
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Subject Matter
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| 1350 | 4000 | Title |
| 1350.5 | 4005 | Headings |
| None | 4010 | Applicability prior to January 1, 2014 |
| None | 4035 | Delivery of documents to the Association |
| 1350.7 | 4040 | Individual delivery / individual notice |
| 1350.7 | 4045 | General delivery / general notice |
| 1350.7 | 4050 | Effective date of delivery |
| None | 4055 | Validity of electronic delivery |
| None | 4065 Approval by majority of members, defined | Approval by majority of members, defined |
| None | 4070 | Approval by majority of a quorum of members, defined |
| 1351 | 4075 | Definitions |
| None | 4076 | Annual budget report, defined |
| None | 4078 | Annual policy statement, defined |
| 1351(a) | 4080 | Association, defined |
| None | 4085 | Board, defined |
| 1351(b) | 4095 | Common area, defined |
| 1351(c) | 4100 | Common interest development, defined |
| 1351(d) | 4105 | Community apartment project, defined |
| 1351(e) | 4120 | Condominium plan, defined |
| 1351(e) | 4285 | Condominium plan, further defined |
| 1351(e) | 4290 | Certificate consenting to recordation of condominium plan - requirements |
| 1351(e) | 4295 | Amending or revoking a condominium plan |
| 1351(f) | 4125 | Condominium project, defined |
| 1351(g) | 4130 | Declarant, defined |
| 1351(h) | 4135 | Declaration, defined |
| None | 4140 | Director, defined |
| 1351(i) | 4145 | Exclusive use common area, defined |
| None | 4148 | General notice, defined |
| 1351(j) | 4150 | Governing documents, defined |
| None | 4153 | Individual notice, defined |
| None | 4160 | Member, defined; see 4190(a) for member of a stock co-op |
| None | 4170 | Person, defined |
| 1351(k) | 4175 | Planned development, defined |
| 1351(l) | 4185 | Separate interest, defined |
| 1351(m) | 4190 | Stock cooperative, defined |
| 1352 | 4200 | Requirements for creation of common interest development |
| None | 4201 | Applicability of the Davis-Stirling Act |
| None | 4205 | Hierarchy of law and governing documents |
| 1352.5 | 4225 | Discriminatory provisions in governing documents |
| None | 4235 | Amendment of governing documents to correct cross-reference |
| 1353 | 4250 | Declaration - required statements and provisions |
| 1353 | 4255 | Declaration - required notices |
| None | 4700 | Limits on regulation of separate interests |
| 1353.5 | 4705 | Display of flag of the United States of America |
| 1353.6 | 4710 | Posting of noncommercial signs |
| 1353.7 | 4720 | Roof compliance with other codes |
| 1353.8 | 4735 | Limits on regulation of low-water using plants and other water use |
| 1353.9 | 4745 | Electric vehicle charging stations |
| 1354 | 5975 | Enforceability of covenants and restrictions |
| 1355 | 4260 | Ability to amend declaration |
| 1355 | 4270 | Effectiveness of amendment to declaration |
| 1355 | 5115(e) | Governing document amendment requirement |
| 1355.5 | 4230 | Deletion of developer provisions from declaration |
| 1356 | 4275 | Petition to reduce required percentage to amend declaration |
| 1357 | 4265 | Extension of term of declaration |
| 1357.100 | 4340 | Operating rule and rule change, defined |
| 1357.110 | 4350 | Operating rule, validity |
| 1357.120 | 4355 | Applicability of subsequent sections |
| 1357.130 | 4360 | Rule change - notice |
| 1357.140 | 4365 | Rule change - reversal |
| 1357.150 | 4370 | Date of applicability |
| 1358(a) | 4625 | Community apartment transfer includes interest in association |
| 1358(b) | 4630 | Condominium transfer includes interest in common area |
| 1358(c) | 4635 | Planned development transfer included interest in common area |
| 1358(d) | 4640 | Stock cooperative transfer includes interest in corporation |
| 1358(d) | 4645 | Transfer of exclusive use areas |
| 1358(d) | 4650 | Restrictions upon severability |
| 1359 | 4610 | Partition of condominium project |
| 1360 | 4760 | Modification of separate interest |
| 1360.2 | 4740 | Rental restrictions prohibiting leasing |
| 1360.5 | 4715 | Pets |
| 1361 | 4505 | Rights to ingress and egress |
| 1361.5 | 4510 | Right to physical access |
| 1362 | 4500 | Ownership of common area |
| 1363(a) | 4800 | Association may be incorporated or unincorporated |
| 1363(b) | Omitted | |
| 1363(c) | 4805 | Right to exercise powers of nonprofit mutual benefit corporation |
| 1363(d) | 5000 | Member meeting |
| 1363(e) | 5240(b) | Access to association records |
| 1363(f) | 5850 | Monetary penalty disclosure |
| 1363(g) | 5855 | Monetary penalty hearing |
| 1363(h) | 4820 | Joint neighborhood associations |
| 1363(i) | 5865 | Qualification of foregoing provisions |
| 1363.001 | 5400 | Online education course re: board duties |
| 1363.005 | Omitted | |
| 1363.03(a) | 5105(a) | Election Rules required |
| 1363.03(b) | 5100(a) | Elections required to be held by secret ballot |
| 1363.03(b) | 5115(b), (c) | Quorum, cumulative voting |
| None | 5100(b) | Operating rules may establish additional secret ballot votes |
| 1363.03(c) | 5110 | Inspectors of elections |
| 1363.03(d) | 5130 | Proxies |
| 1363.03(e) | 5115(a) | Secret ballot requirements |
| 1363.03(f) | 5120(a) | Secret ballot tabulation |
| 1363.03(g) | 5120(b) | Secret ballot election results - notice |
| 1363.03(h) | 5125 | Secret ballot custody |
| 1363.03(i) | Omitted | |
| 1363.03(j) | 5105(b) | Rules may allow nomination from the floor of a meeting |
| 1363.03(k) | 5115(d) | Election by mail |
| 1363.03(l) | 5100(c) | Applicability of article whether incorporated and unincorporated |
| 1363.03(m) | 5100(d) | Applicability of article to votes cast directly by members |
| 1363.03(n) | 5100(e) | Conflicts with Corporations Code |
| 1363.03(o) | Omitted | |
| 1363.04 | 5135 | Funds not used for campaigns |
| 1363.05(a) | 4900 | Title of Open Meeting Act |
| 1363.05(b) | 4925(a) | Open board meetings |
| 1363.05(b) | 4935(a), (b) | Executive session board meetings |
| None | 4935(c), (d) | Executive session board meetings |
| 1363.05(c) | 4935(e) | Executive session subjects noted in minutes |
| 1363.05(d) | 4950(a) | Availability of minutes |
| 1363.05(e) | 4950(b) | Notice of availability of minutes |
| 1363.05(f) | 4920 | Notice of board meeting |
| 1363.05(g) | 4923 | Emergency board meeting |
| 1363.05(h) | 4925(b) | Members permitted to speak at meeting |
| 1363.05(i) | 4930 | Agenda requirement |
| 1363.05(j) | 4910 | Board meeting required for action on item of business |
| 1363.05(k)(1) | 4155 | Item of business, defined |
| 1363.05(k)(2) | 4090 | Board meeting, defined |
| 1363.07 | 4600 | Grant of exclusive use common area |
| 1363.09(a), (b) | 4605 | Civil action for violation of Section 4600 |
| 1363.09(a), (b) | 4955 | Civil action for violation of Open Meeting Act |
| 1363.09(a), (b) | 5145(a) | Civil action for violation of secret ballot election statutes |
| 1363.09(c) | 5145(c) | Certain claims may be made in small claims court |
| 1363.1(a) | 5375 | Managing agent disclosures |
| 1363.1(b) | 4158 | Managing agent, defined |
| 1363.1(b) | 5385 | Exception to managing agent definition |
| 1363.2(a)-(e) | 5380 | Managing agent's responsibility for association funds |
| 1363.2(f) | 4158 | Managing agent, defined |
| 1363.2(f) | 5385 | Exception to managing agent definition |
| 1363.2(g) | 5380(f) | Completed payment, defined |
| 1363.5 | 4280 | Articles of Incorporation requirements |
| 1363.6 | 5405 | Articles of Incorporation requirements |
| 1363.810 | 5900 | Dispute resolution, application of article |
| 1363.820 | 5905 | Dispute resolution procedure requirements |
| 1363.830 | 5910 | Dispute resolution procedure minimum requirements |
| 1363.840 | 5915 | Default dispute resolution procedure |
| 1363.850 | 5920 | Dispute resolution procedure included in Annual Policy Statement |
| 1364(a) | 4775(a) | Maintenance |
| 1364(b) | 4780 | Wood-destroying pests |
| 1364(c) | 4775(b) | Temporary relocation during repair |
| 1364(d) | 4785(a)-(c) | Temporary relocation during treatment for pests |
| 1364(e) | 4785(d) | Occupant, defined |
| 1364(f) | 4790 | Access to common area telephone wiring |
| 1365(a)(1) | 5300(b)(1) | Pro forma operating budget |
| 1365(a)(2) | 5565 | Reserve study disclosure |
| 1365(a)(2)(A) | 5565(a) | Reserve study, major component data |
| 1365(a)(2)(B) | 5565(b) | Reserve study, accounting of cash reserves |
| 1365(a)(2)(B)(i) | 5565(b)(1) | Reserve study, accounting of cash reserves necessary |
| 1365(a)(2)(B)(ii) | 5565(b)(2) | Reserve study, accounting of cash reserves available |
| 1365(a)(2)(B)(iii) | 5565(b)(3) | Reserve study, accounting of cash reserves from defect settlement/judgment |
| 1365(a)(2)(C) | 5565(c) | Reserves, percent funded |
| 1365(a)(2)(D) | 5565(d) | Reserves, deficiency in per unit basis |
| 1365(a)(3)(A) | 5300(b)(4) | Statement re: deferral of repair to major component |
| 1365(a)(3)(B) | 5300(b)(5) | Statement re: anticipated special assessment |
| 1365(a)(3)(C) | 5300(b)(6) | Statement re: how reserves will be funded |
| 1365(a)(3)(D) | 5300(b)(8) | Statement re: loans with term greater than one year |
| 1365(a)(4) | 5300(b)(7) | Statement re: procedures used in reserve calculations |
| 1365(a)(4) | 5300(d) | Summary of reserves not admissable |
| None | 5300(c) | Annual Budget Report to be made available |
| 1365(b) | 5300(b)(3) | Summary of reserve funding plan |
| 1365(c) | 5305 | Required financial review by accountant |
| 1365(d) | 5320 | Summary of Annual Budget Report or Annual Policy Statement |
| 1365(e) | 5310(a)(7) | Assessment collection policy |
| None | 5310 | Annual Policy Statement |
| 1365(f)(1), (3), (4) | 5300(b)(9) | Summary of insurance policies |
| 1365(f)(2) | 5810 | Notice of change in insurance |
| 1365.1(a), (b) | 5730(a) | Notice of rights re: assessment collection |
| None | 5730(b) | Contingent allowable deletion from notice |
| 1365.1(c) | 4040(b) Secondary address for notice | Secondary address for notice |
| 1365.2(a) | 5200 | Definitions re: record inspection |
| 1365.2(a) | 5220 | Member information opt out |
| 1365.2(a) | 5225 | Stated purpose for membership list request |
| 1365.2(b) | 5205(a), (b), (f) | Record inspection |
| 1365.2(c) | 5205(c)-(g) | Record inspection |
| 1365.2(d) | 5215 | Allowed redaction from records |
| 1365.2(e) | 5230 | Records not for commercial use |
| 1365.2(f) | 5235 | Action to enforce right to inspect |
| 1365.2(g) | 5240(c) | Applicability to community service organization |
| 1365.2(h) | 5205(h) | Transmission of records via electronic transmission / storage media |
| 1365.2(i)-(k) | 5210 | Time periods records are subject to inspection |
| 1365.2(l) | 5240(a) | Conflicts with Corporations Code |
| 1365.2(m) | 5240(d) | Applicability to director-controlled board while selling property |
| 1365.2(n) | Omitted | |
| 1365.2.5 | 5570, 5300(e) | Reserve funding disclosure summary form |
| 1365.3 | 5580 | Community service organization required report |
| 1365.5(a) | 5500 | Required financial review by the board |
| 1365.5(b) | 5510(a) | Signatures required for withdrawal from reserves |
| 1365.5(c)(1) | 5510(b) | Reserve funds limited use |
| 1365.5(c)(2) | 5515 | Borrowing from reserves |
| 1365.5(d) | 5520 | Borrowing from reserves |
| 1365.5(e) | 5550, 5560 | Reserve study requirements, reserve funding plan |
| 1365.5(f) | 4177 | Reserve accounts, defined |
| 1365.5(g) | 4178 | Reserve account requirements, defined |
| 1365.5(h) | 4201 | Application of Davis-Stirling Act |
| 1365.6 | 5350(a) | Applicability of Corporations Code to contracts |
| None | 5350(b), (c) | Required recusal of directors from specific matters |
| 1365.7 | 5800 | Limited liability of volunteer directors |
| 1365.9 | 5805 | Insurance requirements for director indemnity |
| 1366(a) | 5600(a), 5605(a) | Assessments |
| 1366(b) | 5605(b), (c), 5610 | Limits on assessments, emergency assessment |
| 1366(c) | 5620 | Assessments exempt from judgment creditors |
| 1366(d) | 5615 | Notice of increase in assessment |
| 1366(e) | 5650(b) | Delinquent assessments |
| 1366(f) | 5650(c) | Exemption from interest rate limitation |
| 1366.1 | 5600(b) | Limit on assessment amounts |
| 1366.2 | 4210 | Identifying statement re: relevant information |
| 1366.4 | 5625 | Assessments shall not be based on taxable value |
| 1367 | 5740(b) | Law applicable to liens recorded before 1/1/03 |
| 1367.1(a) | 5650(a), 5660 | Assessments are debts; pre-lien letter |
| 1367.1(b) | 5655 | Payments applied first to assessments owed |
| 1367.1(c)(1)(A) | 5670 | Dispute resolution offer prior to recording a lien |
| 1367.1(c)(1)(B) | 5705(b) | Dispute resolution offer prior to initiating foreclosure |
| 1367.1(c)(2) | 5673 | Decision to record a lien made by the board |
| 1367.1(c)(3) | 5665(a) - (e) | Meeting to discuss payment plan |
| 1367.1(d) | 5675(a) - (e), 5685(a), 5725(a) | Lien for delinquent assessment; lien release; monetary charge for damage |
| 1367.1(e) | 5725(b) | Monetary penalty may not be lien |
| 1367.1(f) | 5680 | Lien priority |
| 1367.1(g) | 5735(a), (b), 5700(a), 5710(a), (c) | Assignment of right to collect assessments; enforcement of lien; trustee sale |
| 1367.1(h) | 5700(b) | Provisions not limited by other statute |
| 1367.1(i) | 5685(b) | Lien release when lien recorded in error |
| 1367.1(j) | 5710(b) | Notice of default |
| 1367.1(k) | 4040(b) | Secondary address for notice |
| 1367.1(l) | 5690 | Required recommencement when error in collection process |
| 1367.1(m) | 5740(a) | Law applicable to liens recorded on or after 1/1/03 |
| 1367.1(n) | Omitted | |
| 1367.4(a) | 5705(a), 5715(a), 5720(a) | Applicability to debts that arise on or after 1/1/06 |
| 1367.4(b) | 5720(b) | Collection on amounts less than $1800 |
| 1367.4(c) | 5705, 5715 | Foreclosure requirements; right of redemption |
| 1367.4(c)(1) | 5705(b) | Dispute resolution offer required prior to foreclosure |
| 1367.4(c)(2) | 5705(c) | Decision to foreclose must be made by the board |
| 1367.4(c)(3) | 5705(d) | Notice by personal delivery of board's decision to foreclose |
| 1367.4(c)(4) | 5715(b) | Right of redemption |
| 1367.4(d) | 5720(c)(2), (3) | Exceptions to limitation on amounts that may be foreclosed upon |
| 1367.5 | 5685(c) | Lien recorded in error |
| 1367.6 | 5658 | Owner payment under protest |
| 1368(a) | 4525 | Transfer disclosures |
| 1368(b) | 4530 | Association's obligation to provide transfer disclosures |
| 1368(c)(1) | 4575 | Limitation on transfer fees |
| 1368(c)(2) | 4580 | Exceptions to Section 4575 limitation |
| 1368(c)(3) | 4110 | Community service organization or similar entity, defined |
| 1368(d) | 4540 | Penalty for noncompliance re: transfer disclosures |
| 1368(e) | 4545 | Violation does not affect title |
| 1368(f) | 4535 | Additional transfer requirements |
| 1368(g) | 4158 | Managing agent, defined |
| 1368.1 | 4730 | Unreasonable restriction on marketing separate interest is void |
| 1368.2 | 4528 | Billing disclosure form |
| 1368.3 | 5980 | Association's legal standing |
| 1368.4 | 5985 | Comparative fault |
| 1368.5 | 6150 | Notice to members of pre-construction defect litigation meeting |
| 1369 | 4615 | Labor performed for individual owners |
| 1369.510 | 5925 | Alternative dispute resolution and enforcement action, defined |
| 1369.520 | 5930 | Alternative dispute resolution required |
| 1369.530 | 5935 | Request for resolution |
| 1369.540 | 5940 | Time in which to complete alternative dispute resolution |
| 1369.550 | 5945 | Tolling of time limitations to commence enforcement action |
| 1369.560 | 5950 | Required certifications re: enforcement action |
| 1369.570 | 5955 | Action stayed during alternative dispute resolution |
| 1369.580 | 5960 | Consideration of refusal to participate in alternative dispute resolution |
| 1369.590 | 5965 | Alternative dispute resolution notice language |
| 1370 | 4215 | Liberal interpretation of documents |
| 1371 | 4220 | Existing physical boundaries |
| 1372 | 4020 | Local zoning ordinances |
| 1373 | 4202 | Exemptions for industrial or commercial use |
| 1374 | 4201 | Application of Act |
| 1375 | 6000 | Requirements prior to filing construction defect claim |
| 1375.1 | 6100 | Notice of construction defect resolution |
| 1376 | 4725 | Satellite dishes / television antennas |
| 1378 | 4765 | Architectural application approval |
| None | 5260 | Requests from owners required to be in writing |