South Dakota: Protection from HOAs Signed into Law

Today, February 5, Governor Kristi Noem signed Senate Bill 39 into law. SB 39 prohibits a homeowners’ association (HOA) from placing restrictions on firearms or firearm ammunition. This important legislation further strengthens firearm preemption in the Mount Rushmore State by protecting sportsmen from HOA regulations. Read the article…………………………….

Zimmermann Drive: Homeowners maintain but do not own

Members of both the Zimmermann Drive Homeowners Association and Van Buskirk Companies, which is developing the Zimmermann Landing gated community, have experienced that kind of frustration this summer. Much of the frustration focuses on Zimmermann Drive, a road skirting a portion of Lake Madison long maintained by area homeowners.   Read the article………………………..

Meadow Crest Homeowners Association honored by DANR (SD)

The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) announced that the Meadow Crest Homeowners Association public water system and the system’s operation specialists have been awarded a Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award.  Read the article………………………..

Harbor HOA seeks to have road paved (SD)

Because funding the project is an issue, several proposals were offered. Former township supervisor Larry Kotten proposed doing an opt-out to cover the costs.  Kontz offered a financial contribution from members of The Harbor Homeowners Association.  “Some of us homeowners are willing to step up to the plate. We want it done that badly,” she […]

SD House: 40 years for real estate covenants

Restrictive covenants on real estate in South Dakota should last longer but shouldn’t be forever, the state House of Representatives said Thursday.  House members voted 55-14 to extend them to 40 years. They’ve been set at 25 years since 1925. HB 1084 now goes to the Senate for a second hearing.    Read the article……………………………….

Dakota Dunes resident wins dispute over flag display (SD)

A Dakota Dunes resident has won a dispute with that community’s homeowner’s association over the flags displayed in her front yard.  We brought you Twyla Rosenbaum’s story on September 24th, as she was fighting the HOA to continue flying an Air Force flag along with an American flag from a pole in her front yard.  […]

Dakota Dunes woman fighting Homeowner’s Association flag rules (SD)

A Dakota Dunes resident is speaking up about a dispute she has with that community’s homeowner’s association, over her flying of a flag supporting the military.  The resident said she was told she cannot fly the American Flag and military flag on the same pole.   Read the article………………………..