Association Alert – Community Association Law Blog

Directed Proxies vs. Absentee Ballots: What is the Difference and Can Our Association Use Them?

I have written before on the subject of associations’ continuing struggle to convince enough unit owners to attend owner meetings in order to meet quorum ...
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Request Resale Certificates Rather than Roll the Dice

IMPRESSION: A recent Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling served as a stiff reminder to investor-purchasers of condominium units: request of association resale disclosure certificates should ...
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HOAs & Riparian Rights-Can I Put a Dock Here?

Facts The dispute in this case centered on what rights owners of lots that did not have frontage on a lake (“Non-Lake Lot Owners”) had ...
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Our Governing Documents Have Aged Nicely

Governing Documents for Condominium and Homeowner Associations don’t age well. They are not like a fine wine.  They are more like cheap cheese.  Remember, they ...
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Why Foreclosure and Money Judgment at the Same Time?

A Wisconsin condominium association had a unit owner who was habitually delinquent in the payment of assessments. Neither the association or the property manager had ...
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Turnover From Developer—Unfair Easement

Picture this: an urban condominium complex and neighboring apartment building, built by the same developer, with one parking garage between the two. The condominium owners ...
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Owner Responsible for Share of Costs to Maintain Subdivision Facilities

Holding:  The Supreme Court of Vermont held that a homeowners association, as assignee from the developer, could charge lot owners for its reasonable costs to ...
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