{
  "section": "5120",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 5120",
  "heading": "Counting and Tabulation of Votes; Reporting of Results",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2025-01-01",
  "amended_by": "AB 2159 (2024) — Stats. 2024, Ch. 383, Sec. 4",
  "official_credit_line": "Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 383, Sec. 4. (AB 2159) Effective January 1, 2025.",
  "official_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=5120.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/s5120",
  "verified": "two sources agree",
  "verification_note": "Text taken verbatim from the Legislative Counsel of California official code database (LAW_SECTION_TBL in pubinfo_2025.zip, the same data that backs leginfo.legislature.ca.gov) and independently compared word-by-word against california.public.law. The only differences were whitespace artifacts around hyperlinked section citations on public.law (e.g. \"Section 5105 .\"), not textual differences. The \"heading\" field is an editorial descriptive label written for this dataset; California Civil Code sections carry no official heading in the statutory text itself.",
  "sources": [
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      "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. The leginfo.legislature.ca.gov HTML page for this section (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=5120.) returned HTTP 403 (Cloudflare bot challenge) on 2026-10-10; the official bulk download of the same database was used instead."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://california.public.law/codes/ca_civ_code_section_5120",
      "accessed": "2026-10-10",
      "name": "California Public Law (Public.Law)",
      "note": "Independent publisher. Edition shown: updated Jan. 1, 2025, matching the official credit line."
    }
  ],
  "subdivisions": [
    {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "All votes shall be counted and tabulated by the inspector or inspectors of elections, or the designee of the inspector or inspectors of elections, in public at a properly noticed open meeting of the board or members. Any candidate or other member of the association may witness the counting and tabulation of the votes. A person, including a member of the association or an employee of the management company, shall not open or otherwise review any ballot before the time and place at which the ballots are counted and tabulated. The inspector or inspectors of elections, or the designee of the inspector or inspectors of elections, may verify the member’s information and signature on the outer envelope prior to the meeting at which ballots are tabulated. Once a secret ballot is received by the inspector or inspectors of elections, it shall be irrevocable.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/s5120#s5120-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "The tabulated results of the election shall be promptly reported to the board and shall be recorded in the minutes of the next meeting of the board and shall be available for review by members of the association. Within 15 days of the election, the board shall give general notice pursuant to Section 4045 of the tabulated results of the election.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/s5120#s5120-b"
    },
    {
      "id": "c",
      "label": "(c)",
      "text": "A person, including a member of the association or an employee of the management company, shall not open or otherwise review any tally sheet of votes cast by electronic secret ballots before the time and place at which the ballots are counted and tabulated.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/s5120#s5120-c"
    }
  ]
}