California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 4095

Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative January 1, 2014, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 180.
(a)“Common area” means the entire common interest development except the separate interests therein. The estate in the common area may be a fee, a life estate, an estate for years, or any combination of the foregoing.
(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), in a planned development described in subdivision (b) of Section 4175, the common area may consist of mutual or reciprocal easement rights

appurtenant to the separate interests.

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Cal. Civ. Code § 4095 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/civ/division-4-general-provisions/part-5-common-interest-developments/chapter-1-general-provisions/article-2-definitions/section-4095

Other sections in Article 2 - Definitions

§ 4075§ 4076§ 4078§ 4080§ 4085§ 4090§ 4095§ 4100§ 4105§ 4110…§ 4153§ 4155§ 4158§ 4160§ 4170§ 4175§ 4177§ 4178§ 4185§ 4190

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