{
  "section": "5655",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 5655",
  "heading": "Payments Apply to the Assessment First",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2013-01-01",
  "amended_by": "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_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=5655.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/law/delinquency",
  "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_5655",
      "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": "Any payments made by the owner of a separate interest toward a debt described in subdivision (a) of Section 5650 shall first be applied to the assessments owed, and, only after the assessments owed are paid in full shall the payments be applied to the fees and costs of collection, attorney’s fees, late charges, or interest.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/delinquency#s5655-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "When an owner makes a payment, the owner may request a receipt and the association shall provide it. The receipt shall indicate the date of payment and the person who received it.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/delinquency#s5655-b"
    },
    {
      "id": "c",
      "label": "(c)",
      "text": "The association shall provide a mailing address for overnight payment of assessments. The address shall be provided in the annual policy statement.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/delinquency#s5655-c"
    }
  ]
}