§ 79780 Residential Property Owner Definitions

• •This law defines who counts as an 'owner' of a property. It can be someone who lives in their own house or half of a duplex, or someone who owns shared spaces in a neighborhood like a park or pool for all the homeowners.
• •The law also says what kind of 'property' it covers. It includes small pieces of land (5 acres or less) with one house on it, or shared spaces in a neighborhood where people own their homes.
• •This law does not count the person or company that built the neighborhood (the developer) as an 'owner' of the shared spaces.

Imagine you live in a neighborhood where everyone owns their house, and there’s a shared park in the middle. The person in charge of taking care of that park is considered the 'owner' of that shared space under this law.

This law helps figure out who is responsible for shared spaces in a neighborhood. If you own your house and there’s a shared pool or park, the person who owns that shared space for everyone is covered by this law. But the company that built the neighborhood isn’t counted as the owner.