{
  "section": "5945",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 5945",
  "heading": "Tolling While a Request for Resolution Is Pending",
  "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=5945.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/law/dispute-resolution",
  "pending_amendment": null,
  "version_history": [],
  "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": "2026-10-12",
      "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_5945",
      "accessed": "2026-10-12",
      "name": "California Public Law (Public.Law)",
      "note": "Independent publisher, used to check the text word for word.",
      "edition": "2025"
    }
  ],
  "subdivisions": [
    {
      "id": "intro",
      "label": "",
      "text": "If a Request for Resolution is served before the end of the applicable time limitation for commencing an enforcement action, the time limitation is tolled during the following periods:",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/dispute-resolution#s5945-intro"
    },
    {
      "id": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "The period provided in Section 5935 for response to a Request for Resolution.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/dispute-resolution#s5945-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "If the Request for Resolution is accepted, the period provided by Section 5940 for completion of alternative dispute resolution, including any extension of time stipulated to by the parties pursuant to Section 5940.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/dispute-resolution#s5945-b"
    }
  ]
}