{
  "section": "5910.1",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 5910.1",
  "heading": "No Civil Action Before Good-Faith Internal Dispute Resolution",
  "heading_is_editorial": true,
  "effective": "2020-01-01",
  "amended_by": "Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 848, Sec. 8. (SB 323) Effective January 1, 2020.",
  "official_credit_line": "Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 848, Sec. 8. (SB 323) Effective January 1, 2020.",
  "official_url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=5910.1.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/law/dispute-resolution",
  "pending_amendment": null,
  "version_history": [
    {
      "effective": "2020-01-01",
      "change": "enacted",
      "bill": "SB 323",
      "acts": [
        "SB 323"
      ],
      "attribution": "single",
      "citation": "Stats. 2019, Ch. 848 (SB 323)",
      "official_credit_line": "Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 848, Sec. 8. (SB 323) Effective January 1, 2020.",
      "superseded_credit_line": "",
      "snapshot": 2019,
      "renumbered": {},
      "changes": []
    }
  ],
  "verified": "two sources agree",
  "last_checked": "2026-11-03",
  "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_5910.1",
      "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": "intro",
      "label": "",
      "text": "An association may not file a civil action regarding a dispute in which the member has requested dispute resolution unless the association has complied with Section 5910 by engaging in good faith in the internal dispute resolution procedures after a member invokes those procedures.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/dispute-resolution#s5910.1-intro"
    }
  ]
}