Can a Home Owner's Association Lock You Out of your Condo?

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Civil Code §1361.5. Association Cannot Deny Owner Access

Except as otherwise provided in law, an order of the court, or an order pursuant to a final and binding arbitration decision, an association may not deny an owner or occupant physical access to his or her separate interest, either by restricting access through the common areas to the owner's separate interest, or by restricting access solely to the owner's separate interest.

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http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/civ/1350-1376.html/

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Another website you might want to refer to about condo law is found below:
http://www.davis-stirling.com/MainMenu/MainIndex/Condominiums/tabid/1447/Default.aspx

Condominium Defined. Condominium is Latin in origin and means co-ownership. Unlike stock cooperatives, condominium owners hold title to their units. A condominium is defined as "an estate in real property, consisting of an undivided interest in common in a portion of real property coupled with a separate interest called a unit." Civil Code §1351(f). The covenants, conditions and restrictions ("CC&Rs") recorded against the entire project restrict the use of the property and define the responsibilities of association as a whole as well as the owners individually.
A condominium is typically a cube of air although it can be water or earth. Condominiums are often vertically stacked units (usually from 3 stories to 30 stories) and consist of the air space bounded by the floors, ceilings, and perimeter walls surrounding the unit.

Condominium Project Defined. A "condominium project" is a form of...
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