{
  "section": "5130",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 5130",
  "heading": "Proxies",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2013-01-01",
  "amended_by": "AB 805 (2012) — added; Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2",
  "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=5130.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/s5130",
  "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": [
    {
      "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=5130.) 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_5130",
      "accessed": "2026-10-10",
      "name": "California Public Law (Public.Law)",
      "note": "Independent publisher. Edition shown: updated Jan. 1, 2013, matching the official credit line."
    }
  ],
  "subdivisions": [
    {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/s5130#s5130-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-1",
      "label": "(a)(1)",
      "text": "“Proxy” means a written authorization signed by a member or the authorized representative of the member that gives another member or members the power to vote on behalf of that member.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/s5130#s5130-a-1"
    },
    {
      "id": "a-2",
      "label": "(a)(2)",
      "text": "“Signed” means the placing of the member’s name on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission, or otherwise) by the member or authorized representative of the member.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/s5130#s5130-a-2"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "Proxies shall not be construed or used in lieu of a ballot. An association may use proxies if permitted or required by the bylaws of the association and if those proxies meet the requirements of this article, other laws, and the governing documents, but the association shall not be required to prepare or distribute proxies pursuant to this article.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/s5130#s5130-b"
    },
    {
      "id": "c",
      "label": "(c)",
      "text": "Any instruction given in a proxy issued for an election that directs the manner in which the proxyholder is to cast the vote shall be set forth on a separate page of the proxy that can be detached and given to the proxyholder to retain. The proxyholder shall cast the member’s vote by secret ballot. The proxy may be revoked by the member prior to the receipt of the ballot by the inspector of elections as described in Section 7613 of the Corporations Code.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/s5130#s5130-c"
    }
  ]
}