{
  "section": "4340",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 4340",
  "heading": "Operating Rule and Rule Change, Defined",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2013-01-01",
  "amended_by": "AB 805 (2012)",
  "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=4340.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/rules",
  "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": "2026-10-10",
      "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/ca_civ_code_section_4340",
      "accessed": "2026-10-10",
      "name": "California Public Law (Public.Law)",
      "note": "Independent publisher, used to check the text word for word."
    }
  ],
  "subdivisions": [
    {
      "id": "intro",
      "label": "",
      "text": "For the purposes of this article:",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/rules#s4340-intro"
    },
    {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "“Operating rule” means a regulation adopted by the board that applies generally to the management and operation of the common interest development or the conduct of the business and affairs of the association.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/rules#s4340-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "“Rule change” means the adoption, amendment, or repeal of an operating rule by the board.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/rules#s4340-b"
    }
  ]
}