{
  "section": "5975",
  "code": "California Civil Code",
  "law_code": "CIV",
  "citation": "California Civil Code § 5975",
  "heading": "Covenants Enforceable as Equitable Servitudes — and Attorney's Fees",
  "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=5975.",
  "page_url": "https://quoroom.org/law/enforcement",
  "pending_amendment": null,
  "version_history": [],
  "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": "2026-10-12",
      "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_5975",
      "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": "a",
      "label": "(a)",
      "text": "The covenants and restrictions in the declaration shall be enforceable equitable servitudes, unless unreasonable, and shall inure to the benefit of and bind all owners of separate interests in the development. Unless the declaration states otherwise, these servitudes may be enforced by any owner of a separate interest or by the association, or by both.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/enforcement#s5975-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "b",
      "label": "(b)",
      "text": "A governing document other than the declaration may be enforced by the association against an owner of a separate interest or by an owner of a separate interest against the association.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/enforcement#s5975-b"
    },
    {
      "id": "c",
      "label": "(c)",
      "text": "In an action to enforce the governing documents, the prevailing party shall be awarded reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.",
      "anchor": "https://quoroom.org/law/enforcement#s5975-c"
    }
  ]
}