# California — HOA/condo assessment lien and foreclosure notice requirements by US state — quoted from the state common-interest-community statute

For California, written notice required is At least 30 days; notice required before is recording a lien upon the separate interest of the owner of record to collect a debt that is past due under Section 5650; minimum delinquency before foreclosure is equals or exceeds one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) or the assessments secured by the lien are more than 12 months delinquent; statute is Cal. Civ. Code § 5660, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** California _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Written notice required:** At least 30 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notice required before:** recording a lien upon the separate interest of the owner of record to collect a debt that is past due under Section 5650 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum delinquency before foreclosure:** equals or exceeds one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) or the assessments secured by the lien are more than 12 months delinquent _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** Cal. Civ. Code § 5660 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 5660. At least 30 days prior to recording a lien upon the separate interest of the owner of record to collect a debt that is past due under Section 5650, the association shall notify the owner of record in writing by certified mail of the following:

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Minimum delinquency before foreclosure

> (2) By recording a lien on the owner’s separate interest upon which the association may not foreclose until the amount of the delinquent assessments secured by the lien, exclusive of any accelerated assessments, late charges, fees and costs of collection, attorney’s fees, or interest, equals or exceeds one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) or the assessments secured by the lien are more than 12 months delinquent.

### Statute

> California Code, CIV 5660.

## Source

- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=5660.
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=5720.

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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