Civ. Code, § 4040 · Article 1. Preliminary Provisions
Civ. Code, § 4040
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) (1) If a provision of this act requires an association to deliver a document by “individual delivery” or “individual notice,” the association shall deliver that document in accordance with the preferred delivery method specified by the member pursuant to Section 4041.
(2) If the member has not provided a valid delivery method pursuant to Section 4041, the association shall deliver the document by first-class mail, registered or certified mail, express mail, or overnight delivery by an express service carrier addressed to the recipient at the address last shown on the books of the association.
(b) Upon receipt of a request by a member identifying a secondary email or mailing address for delivery of notices, pursuant to Section 5260, the association shall deliver an additional copy of both of the following to the secondary address identified in that request:
(1) The documents to be delivered to the member pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 5300) of Chapter 6.
(2) The documents to be delivered to the member pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 5650) of Chapter 8 and Section 5710.
(c) For the purposes of this section, an unrecorded provision of the governing documents providing for a particular method of delivery does not constitute agreement by a member to that method of delivery.
(d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2023.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 640, Sec. 2. (SB 392) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, by its own provisions.
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Civil Code
- Civ. Code, § 4041Printed as Section 4041
- Civ. Code, § 5260Printed as Section 5260
- Civ. Code, div. 4, pt. 5, ch. 6, art. 7Annual ReportsPrinted as Article 7 (commencing with Section 5300) of Chapter 6
- Civ. Code, div. 4, pt. 5, ch. 8, art. 2Assessment Payment and DelinquencyPrinted as Article 2 (commencing with Section 5650) of Chapter 8
- Civ. Code, § 5710Printed as Section 5710
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Civ. Code, § 4040. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Civil Code
- Civ. Code, § 4041Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 4045Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 4055Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 4153Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 4275Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 4276Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 4620Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 4785Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 5105Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 5115Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 5205Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 5260Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 5305Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 5310Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 5320Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 5450Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 5615Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 5810Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 5850Printed as Section 4040
- Civ. Code, § 5855Printed as Section 4040
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