Civ. Code, § 6532 · Article 2. Definitions
Civ. Code, § 6532
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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 6562, the common area may consist of mutual or reciprocal easement rights appurtenant to the separate interests.
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History
Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 605, Sec. 21. (SB 752) Effective January 1, 2014.
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