{
  "section": "5900",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 5900",
  "heading": "Scope of the Internal Dispute Resolution Article",
  "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=5900.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/disputes",
  "pending_amendment": null,
  "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."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://california.public.law/codes/ca_civ_code_section_5900",
      "accessed": "2026-10-10",
      "name": "California Public Law (Public.Law)",
      "note": "Independent publisher, used to check the text word for word."
    }
  ],
  "subdivisions": [
    {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "This article applies to a dispute between an association and a member involving their rights, duties, or liabilities under this act, under the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code), or under the governing documents of the common interest development or association.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/disputes#s5900-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "This article supplements, and does not replace, Article 3 (commencing with Section 5925), relating to alternative dispute resolution as a prerequisite to an enforcement action.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/disputes#s5900-b"
    }
  ]
}