{
  "section": "4185",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 4185",
  "heading": "“Separate Interest”",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2013-01-01",
  "amended_by": "Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative January 1, 2014, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 180.",
  "official_credit_line": "Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative January 1, 2014, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 180.",
  "official_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=4185.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/law/definitions",
  "pending_amendment": null,
  "version_history": [],
  "verified": "two sources agree",
  "verification_note": "Text taken verbatim from the Legislative Counsel of California official code database and checked word for word against an independent publisher.",
  "sources": [
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      "url": "https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip",
      "accessed": "2026-10-12",
      "name": "leginfo (Legislative Counsel official bulk code database, LAW_SECTION_TBL)",
      "note": "Authoritative. Retrieved with tools/fetch.py, which reads the archive's central directory by HTTP range request and fetches only this section's member. The leginfo.legislature.ca.gov HTML page sits behind a bot challenge; this is the same database that backs it."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://california.public.law/codes/civil_code_section_4185",
      "accessed": "2026-10-12",
      "name": "California Public Law (Public.Law)",
      "note": "Independent publisher, used to check the text word for word.",
      "edition": "2025"
    }
  ],
  "subdivisions": [
    {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "“Separate interest” has the following meanings:",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/definitions#s4185-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-1",
      "label": "(a)(1)",
      "text": "In a community apartment project, “separate interest” means the exclusive right to occupy an apartment, as specified in Section 4105.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/definitions#s4185-a-1"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-2",
      "label": "(a)(2)",
      "text": "In a condominium project, “separate interest” means a separately owned unit, as specified in Section 4125.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/definitions#s4185-a-2"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-3",
      "label": "(a)(3)",
      "text": "In a planned development, “separate interest” means a separately owned lot, parcel, area, or space.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/definitions#s4185-a-3"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-4",
      "label": "(a)(4)",
      "text": "In a stock cooperative, “separate interest” means the exclusive right to occupy a portion of the real property, as specified in Section 4190.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/definitions#s4185-a-4"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "Unless the declaration or condominium plan, if any exists, otherwise provides, if walls, floors, or ceilings are designated as boundaries of a separate interest, the interior surfaces of the perimeter walls, floors, ceilings, windows, doors, and outlets located within the separate interest are part of the separate interest and any other portions of the walls, floors, or ceilings are part of the common area.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/definitions#s4185-b"
    },
    {
      "id": "c",
      "label": "(c)",
      "text": "The estate in a separate interest may be a fee, a life estate, an estate for years, or any combination of the foregoing.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/definitions#s4185-c"
    }
  ]
}