{
  "section": "5930",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 5930",
  "heading": "Alternative Dispute Resolution Before an Enforcement Action",
  "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=5930.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/disputes",
  "pending_amendment": null,
  "verified": "sources differ — see notes",
  "verification_note": "Subdivision (b) reads “stated in Sections 116.220 and 116.221 of the Code of Civil Procedure” in the Legislative Counsel's database and “Section 116.220 and 116.221” in California Public Law. The text here follows the official database. Everything else reads identically in both.",
  "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_5930",
      "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": "An association or a member may not file an enforcement action in the superior court unless the parties have endeavored to submit their dispute to alternative dispute resolution pursuant to this article.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/disputes#s5930-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "This section applies only to an enforcement action that is solely for declaratory, injunctive, or writ relief, or for that relief in conjunction with a claim for monetary damages not in excess of the jurisdictional limits stated in Sections 116.220 and 116.221 of the Code of Civil Procedure.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/disputes#s5930-b"
    },
    {
      "id": "c",
      "label": "(c)",
      "text": "This section does not apply to a small claims action.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/disputes#s5930-c"
    },
    {
      "id": "d",
      "label": "(d)",
      "text": "Except as otherwise provided by law, this section does not apply to an assessment dispute.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/disputes#s5930-d"
    }
  ]
}