Association Alert – Community Association Law Blog
Can you Agree to Waive your First Amendment Rights?
					
																						
			1 April 2024		
				
		
		
			Facts Marshall Spiegel, the Unit Owner, had been in constant litigation with his Association for over 20 years regarding various matters surrounding the operation and ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Hard-Surface Flooring in Upper Units—A Lesson in Selective Enforcement and Officer’s Authority
					
																						
			1 April 2024		
				
		
		
			A defense owners can raise if the Board claims the owner has violated the rules is “selective enforcement,” meaning the Board arbitrarily picks on some ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						HOA and Condominium Record Retention – What you NEED to Know!!
					
																						
			1 April 2024		
				
		
		
			Record retention is a tricky subject.  Keep too much or for too long and opposing counsel in litigation will have all the documents they may ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						What is the Role of the Property Manager and/or Board in the Assessment Collection Process?
					
																						
			1 April 2024		
				
		
		
			Does your homeowners association have a written collection policy?  What duties does the property manager and/or Board have under the policy?  Learn what role the ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Owners are Liable for Assessments, Even When Corporate Formalities Not Perfectly Followed
					
																						
			1 April 2024		
				
		
		
			Summary Declarant owned nine of 10 units, controlled the board and association, failed to have an association bank account, intermingled the assessments that were paid ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Investigate for Hidden Defects at Turnover or Pay the Price
					
																						
			1 April 2024		
				
		
		
			Summary A single warranty date applies to each condominium building in a development.  Meaning that each unit does not have its own warranty date, and ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Aggressive Collections – A Method that Works
					
																						
			1 April 2024		
				
		
		
			At the start of 2012, a condominium association in Waukesha, Wisconsin faced serious collection issues as a result of mismanaged files and accounts by its ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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