A Peek Inside

Besides including the statutory law that regulates the operation of condos in California, this book explains everything homeowners need to know about how condos and planned developments work and their rights and responsibilities as owners.

A Peek Inside Chapter 1: California Condominium Law- An Overview

I. Common Interest Developments
The term “common interest development” (or”CID”) describes a form of real estate where each owner holds exclusive rights to a portion of the property typically called a unit or lot, and shared rights to portions of the property called the common area.

Members of homeowners’ association are the owners of the individual units or lots, and the terms “members” and “owners” are used interchangeably in this chapter.

A. Types of Common Interest Development

The most numerous forms of CIDs, and the focus of The Condominium Bluebook, are the condominium and the planned development. The two other types of CIDs, the stock cooperative and the community apartment, are far less common and only briefly discussed in The Condominium Bluebook, although they are governed by many of the same laws. For additional information, See Civil Code 1351, in Chapter 2. A timeshare and a tenancy-in-common are not CIDs. [...]

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