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Davis-Stirling Act Updates to Affect an Estimated 1.51 Million Homeowners in Orange County

California Association of Community Managers (CACM) Helps Homeowners Associations Prepare for January 1 Deadline

Beginning January 1, 2014, an estimated 1.51 million Orange County homeowners, nearly 50 percent of the county’s population, will be affected by updates to the Davis-Stirling Act, a broad section of the California Civil Code which governs condominium, cooperative and planned unit development communities in California. In preparation for the deadline, the California Association of Community Managers (CACM), the state’s only California-specific community management organization, has provided a clear explanation of the changes and developed a Recodification Table to ensure a smooth transition of the overhauled legislation.

“The Davis-Stirling Act is an industry-changing body of law that over the years has been amended and added to and, as a result, has become increasingly difficult to navigate,” said Karen Conlon, president and CEO of CACM. “The goal for updating the Act was to not make a lot of major changes, but rather to simplify the codification so that it was easier to use and understand. Homeowners, in particular, will have easy access to the information and a better understanding of the Act, as well as their own responsibilities as an owner living in a homeowners association.” 

In addition to homeowners, CACM’s Davis-Stirling Recodification Table will help community association managers, attorneys and other advisors become familiar with the new format of the updated legislation. It will also enable users to reference the new code sections by either finding the existing code or searching by the new chapter topics.

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The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act was put into effect in 1986 by the California State Legislature. The Act is part of the California Civil Code, beginning with section 1350 which governs condominium, cooperative, and planned unit development communities throughout California. Under Davis-Stirling, a developer of a common interest development is able to create an HOA to govern the development. As part of creating the HOA, the developer records a document known as the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions (CC&Rs) against the units or parcels within the HOA with the County Recorder. In August 2012, AB 805 and AB 806 were signed into law by Governor Brown and will become operative January 1, 2014. These revisions were aimed at making the Act more user-friendly for HOA residents, HOA boards and community managers.

For more information on CACM, please visit www.cacm.org

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