{
  "section": "4350",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 4350",
  "heading": "Requirements for a Valid Operating Rule",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2014-01-01",
  "amended_by": "SB 745 (2013)",
  "official_credit_line": "Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 183, Sec. 13. (SB 745) Effective January 1, 2014.",
  "official_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=4350.",
  "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_4350",
      "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": "An operating rule is valid and enforceable only if all of the following requirements are satisfied:",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/rules#s4350-intro"
    },
    {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "The rule is in writing.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/rules#s4350-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "The rule is within the authority of the board conferred by law or by the declaration, articles of incorporation or association, or bylaws of the association.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/rules#s4350-b"
    },
    {
      "id": "c",
      "label": "(c)",
      "text": "The rule is not in conflict with governing law and the declaration, articles of incorporation or association, or bylaws of the association.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/rules#s4350-c"
    },
    {
      "id": "d",
      "label": "(d)",
      "text": "The rule is adopted, amended, or repealed in good faith and in substantial compliance with the requirements of this article.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/rules#s4350-d"
    },
    {
      "id": "e",
      "label": "(e)",
      "text": "The rule is reasonable.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/rules#s4350-e"
    }
  ]
}