{
  "section": "5925",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 5925",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "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=5925.",
  "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_5925",
      "accessed": "2026-10-10",
      "name": "California Public Law (Public.Law)",
      "note": "Independent publisher, used to check the text word for word."
    }
  ],
  "subdivisions": [
    {
      "id": "intro",
      "label": "",
      "text": "As used in this article:",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/disputes#s5925-intro"
    },
    {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "“Alternative dispute resolution” means mediation, arbitration, conciliation, or other nonjudicial procedure that involves a neutral party in the decisionmaking process. The form of alternative dispute resolution chosen pursuant to this article may be binding or nonbinding, with the voluntary consent of the parties.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/disputes#s5925-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "“Enforcement action” means a civil action or proceeding, other than a cross-complaint, for any of the following purposes:",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/disputes#s5925-b"
    },
    {
      "id": "b-1",
      "label": "(b)(1)",
      "text": "Enforcement of this act.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/disputes#s5925-b-1"
    },
    {
      "id": "b-2",
      "label": "(b)(2)",
      "text": "Enforcement of the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code).",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/disputes#s5925-b-2"
    },
    {
      "id": "b-3",
      "label": "(b)(3)",
      "text": "Enforcement of the governing documents.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/disputes#s5925-b-3"
    }
  ]
}