Association Alert – Community Association Law Blog

Condo Association & HOA Documents in Less Than 1 Minute

You have moved into an association or just got elected to the Board of your association and you are wondering – now what?  The answer ...
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Association Can Assign Enforcement Authority to a Manager

Facts Seaside is an 80-acre development in Florida.  In the 1980’s the developer recorded declarations for nine separate neighborhood associations.  The language in each of ...
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Tackling Mental Health and Aging Issues in Your Community Association

Mental health issues can impact community associations in a myriad of ways.  Often Associations become the “reluctant care provider” (owners have no family/next of kin, ...
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Owners Pay High Price of Litigation Against Association

Summary Even where homeowners characterize their claims against an Association as civil rights violations, the claims involved in the parties’ rights under the declaration, and ...
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Assess the Situation: What is Considered a “Common Element?”

You may have read in the most recent CAI Law Reporter that an Association in Maryland was not authorized to suspend use privileges, absent such ...
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Combating First Mortgages

First mortgage holders continue to be the largest impediment to Association collections, once unit owners fail to pay. This arises because the bank’s lien is ...
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A Board of Directors’ Right to Fine for Violations

An owner violates the rules. The Board assesses fines to the unit owner.  Will the fines hold up in a court of law? In this ...
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