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HomeCivil CodeDiv. 4Pt. 5Ch. 8Art. 2§ 5665 Homeowner Payment Plan Requests

§ 5665 Homeowner Payment Plan Requests

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§ 5665 Homeowner Payment Plan Requests

Key Takeaways

  • •If you owe money to your homeowners association (HOA), you can ask for a meeting to set up a payment plan.
  • •The HOA must meet with you within 45 days if you ask in time, or they can send a small group to talk to you.
  • •If you follow the payment plan, you won’t get extra late fees, but the HOA can still put a lien on your home if you don’t pay.
  • •If you miss a payment in the plan, the HOA can go back to trying to collect all the money you owed before the plan.

Example

You get a bill from your HOA for $1,200 in late fees and missed payments. You can’t pay it all at once, so you write a letter asking for a payment plan.

The HOA has to meet with you within 45 days to talk about a plan. If you agree to pay $100 a month and stick to it, they won’t add more late fees. But if you miss a payment, they can start trying to collect the full $1,200 again.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 5665 Homeowner Payment Plan Requests

(a) An owner, other than an owner of any interest that is described in Section 11212 of the Business and Professions Code that is not otherwise exempt from this section pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11211.7 of the Business and Professions Code, may submit a written request to meet with the board to discuss a payment plan for the debt noticed pursuant to Section 5660. The association shall provide the owners the standards for payment plans, if any exists. (b) The board shall meet with the owner in executive session within 45 days of the postmark of the request, if the request is mailed within 15 days of the date of the postmark of the notice, unless there is no regularly scheduled board meeting within that period, in which case the board may designate a committee of one or more directors to meet with the owner. (c) Payment plans may incorporate any assessments that accrue during the payment plan period. Additional late fees shall not accrue during the payment plan period if the owner is in compliance with the terms of the payment plan. (d) Payment plans shall not impede an association’s ability to record a lien on the owner’s separate interest to secure payment of delinquent assessments. (e) In the event of a default on any payment plan, the association may resume its efforts to collect the delinquent assessments from the time prior to entering into the payment plan. (Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative January 1, 2014, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 180.)

Last verified: January 21, 2026

Key Terms

payment plandelinquent assessmentsexecutive sessionlate fees

Related Statutes

  • § 5658 Disputed Association Charge Payments
  • § 5670 Lien Dispute Resolution Requirement
  • § 5673 Board Approval Of Liens
  • § 4935 Board Executive Session Rules
  • § 5650 Homeowner Assessment Collection Rules

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Civil Code. Section 5665.
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