Defined. A “successor in interest” to the developer is a person or company that has acquired property and rights previously held by the original developer.
Unless CC&Rs state otherwise, an association is not the successor in interest to the developer. Instead, it is a separate entity with entirely different obligations, duties and goals that continues to exist even when the developer ceases to. Associations generally do not need the developer's powers--it has has its own powers via the CC&Rs, bylaws, Davis-Stirling Act and Corporations Code.
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