{
  "section": "4205",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 4205",
  "heading": "Which Governing Document Prevails",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2014-01-01",
  "amended_by": "Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 183, Sec. 11. (SB 745) Effective January 1, 2014.",
  "official_credit_line": "Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 183, Sec. 11. (SB 745) Effective January 1, 2014.",
  "official_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=4205.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/law/governing-documents",
  "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": [
    {
      "url": "https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip",
      "accessed": "2026-10-11",
      "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_4205",
      "accessed": "2026-10-11",
      "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": "To the extent of any conflict between the governing documents and the law, the law shall prevail.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/governing-documents#s4205-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "To the extent of any conflict between the articles of incorporation and the declaration, the declaration shall prevail.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/governing-documents#s4205-b"
    },
    {
      "id": "c",
      "label": "(c)",
      "text": "To the extent of any conflict between the bylaws and the articles of incorporation or declaration, the articles of incorporation or declaration shall prevail.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/governing-documents#s4205-c"
    },
    {
      "id": "d",
      "label": "(d)",
      "text": "To the extent of any conflict between the operating rules and the bylaws, articles of incorporation, or declaration, the bylaws, articles of incorporation, or declaration shall prevail.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/governing-documents#s4205-d"
    }
  ]
}