Civ. Code §5570 All seven ARFDS items, source-traced — verified, not assumed

The most rigorous §5570 reserve disclosure a California CAM company can put in front of a board.

ReserveDisclose assembles a documentation-complete reserve disclosure pack — a filled §5570 ARFDS covering all seven form items, the §5300(b)(2)-(7) narratives, a homeowner FAQ, and a counsel-flag memo — every numeric field pinned to a source page and released by a named disclosure analyst before the §5320 distribution window closes.

Every numeric field traced to a source page and tableAll seven §5570 ARFDS items checked by a deterministic validatorNamed disclosure analyst signs every releaseLegal questions routed to your counsel on a flag memo5-business-day pack SLA
Why packets fail

An incomplete packet costs the board its assessment authority.

Budget season lands, the reserve-study knowledge lives in one manager's head, and by the time each ARFDS is filled and checked, the §5320 distribution window is already breathing down the whole portfolio. Forty associations hit the same window between October and December.

This is not a paperwork miss. Civil Code §5605 conditions the board's 20% regular / 5% special assessment-increase authority on proper distribution of the §5300 report — and a funding plan showing a shortfall with a silent §5300(b)(5) line is the gap counsel finds after distribution, when the cure is expensive and public.

ReserveDisclose closes that gap with one statute-mapped completeness standard applied identically to every association, every fiscal year.

20% / 5%
assessment-increase authority that rides on a complete, distributed §5300 report
The benchmark

Measured against the letter of the Davis-Stirling Act — section by section.

We do not summarize the statute and hope. Every pack is scored against a versioned field map tied to the exact text of the Civil Code reserve-disclosure sections. These are the provisions each pack is held to.

Cal. Civ. Code §5570

The seven ARFDS items

The Assessment and Reserve Funding Disclosure Summary has seven required form items — regular assessment, scheduled and special assessments, the 30-year sufficiency determination, major-components confirmation, percent funded and projected balance, and the 5-year projections. Every one is filled or flagged.

Cal. Civ. Code §5300(b)(2)-(7)

Reserve narratives

The annual budget report must include the reserve-related narratives at paragraphs (b)(2) through (b)(7) — each drafted from validated fields and cited inline, none left as an orphan element.

Cal. Civ. Code §5550

Reserve study currency

A reserve study with a Level I visual site inspection is required at least every three years and reviewed annually. A stale study is a named exception; no current study and attested balance, no pack.

Cal. Civ. Code §5565

Funding plan contents

The reserve funding plan's required contents — including the interest and inflation assumptions behind the projections — are checked against the source study, not narrated from memory.

Cal. Civ. Code §5320

Distribution window

The annual budget report and ARFDS are distributed to members by the association 30 to 90 days before fiscal year end. The window is computed from the fiscal year-end at intake.

Cal. Civ. Code §5605

Assessment-increase limits

Regular increases above 20% and special assessments above 5% require member approval — authority that holds only when the §5300 report is complete and properly distributed.

How a pack is built

Intake to analyst release, with deterministic gates the AI cannot overrule.

AI extracts every value with a page citation. A deterministic validator checks all seven §5570 items and each (b) narrative. A named disclosure analyst signs every release; legal conclusions never get drafted — they route to counsel. That order is never reversed.

01

Intake: study, balance, funding plan

Hand off the reserve study or Level III update, the manager-attested reserve balance, the assessment schedule, and the board's funding decisions. A pack number opens and the §5320 window is computed from the fiscal year-end.

02

Map every field to a source page

The engine extracts percent funded, projected balances, contributions, and interest/inflation assumptions — every field pinned to a file, page, and table you supplied. A required number with no source becomes a named exception, never a guess.

03

Draft the completeness pack

The ARFDS draft, the (b)(2)-(7) narratives, and the grade-8 homeowner FAQ assemble from validated fields only, each numeric cited inline, watermarked DRAFT until the gate opens.

04

Deterministic completeness gates

A validator confirms all seven §5570 items and each (b) narrative have a source, reconciles percent funded to the study's fully funded balance, and classifies the pack green, yellow, or red. A red element blocks release.

05

Analyst release

A named disclosure analyst verifies extraction against the cited pages, reconciles mismatches, and signs the release. Any pack stating a specific special-assessment amount or date gets dual control. No anonymous output ships.

06

Deliver, flag, retain

You receive the pack with a counsel-flag memo listing anything that needs the association's attorney, and the full record — intake, drafts, release, delivery — is held 7 years in an append-only, hash-chained log.

The bar we hold

Rigor you can measure.

7 of 7
ARFDS items validated
Every §5570 form item checked by a deterministic validator before release.
100%
Analyst-released
A named disclosure analyst signs every pack; dual control on special-assessment figures.
5 days
Pack SLA
From complete intake to a released completeness pack.
7 yrs
Record retained
Intake, drafts, and release in an append-only, hash-chained log per association per fiscal year.
Why ReserveDisclose

A completeness desk, not a template.

Documentation-complete, by design

The deliverable is completeness itself — every §5570 item and §5300(b) narrative rendered as a checked row with an owner. A template fills a field; it never checks that percent funded reconciles to the study's fully funded balance.

Deterministic, not vibes

A validator checks every required element and every reconciliation before the gate opens. A required field with no source returns MISSING, never an estimate.

In its lane, on purpose

ReserveDisclose provides administrative drafting support only. It is not a law firm or a reserve-study firm, signs no ARFDS as an officer, and never decides whether an assessment is lawful — the board adopts and distributes, and flagged questions go to counsel.

Engagement

Fixed price per association, per cycle. Never hourly, never a contingency on assessment outcomes.

Menu pricing aligned with a completeness standard — not the association attorney's hourly rate for field extraction.

  • A free Budget-Season Gap Scan — send last year's budget report and the study's summary pages for a scored §5300(b)/§5570 checklist within 2 business days.
  • Annual Reserve Disclosure Completeness Pack: $249-$499 per association per cycle (founding cohort $179-$349).
  • Portfolio Retainer: $149-$299 per association per year at 25+ associations, with FYE scheduling and priority in the October-December peak.
  • Optional Special-Assessment Communication add-on when §5300(b)(5) is affirmative — homeowner FAQ and town-hall outline, never the levy notice or ballot.
FAQ

Questions, answered precisely.

Do you sign the ARFDS or adopt the budget yourselves?
No. A named disclosure analyst signs the release of the draft pack — that is the only signature we add. The board of directors adopts the budget and funding plan, distribution to members is the association's act under Civil Code §5320, and every counsel-flag item goes to the association's attorney. ReserveDisclose provides administrative drafting support only.
Are you letting an LLM fill a statutory form?
Extraction is AI-assisted and every value carries a page citation; a required field with no source returns MISSING, never an estimate. A deterministic validator checks all seven §5570 items and each (b) narrative, and a named human analyst signs every release. If a source isn't attached, the pack does not ship.
What makes a pack 'complete'?
Every §5570 form item and §5300(b)(2)-(7) narrative has a traced source, percent funded reconciles to the study's fully funded balance, every checklist row shows green/yellow/red with an owner, and a named analyst has signed the release. A red element blocks release.
Isn't this the association attorney's job?
Counsel is the wrong hourly rate for field extraction, and most would rather not do it. We do the administrative production; anything that is a legal conclusion — assessment procedure, governing-document conflicts — routes to your counsel on a flag memo, by design.
How are you priced?
A fixed price per association per cycle, with portfolio-retainer rates at 25+ associations. Never hourly as primary billing, and never a contingency on assessment outcomes.

Every association green before the §5320 window closes.

Start a pack, or send last year's budget report and the study's summary pages for a free Budget-Season Gap Scan — a scored §5300(b)/§5570 checklist and a recommended pack scope within 2 business days.

Administrative drafting-support service · not legal, tax, or reserve-study advice · the board adopts and distributes every disclosure.

[PLACEHOLDER] First-cohort disclosure-pack accuracy rate — published once real pilot HOAs complete a full annual reserve-disclosure cycle. No figure is shown before it is measured.

[PLACEHOLDER] First HOA board reference — added only with a named pilot association's written permission. ReserveDisclose never invents a testimonial or a board name.

[PLACEHOLDER] Total reserve-disclosure packs completed to date — a live, auditable count once real packs have shipped, never estimated.