Nevada Condo & HOA News

• HOA board member doesn’t want to raise assessments (NV) May 8, 2024
  Q: I’ve got a question about the board raising monthly dues. I was just voted to the board in December. I am the only one against raising dues. We are not in the red yet and are just breaking even budget-wise. I want to cut expenses first, and if that does not work, then, as the last resort, raise dues. Our dues are at $200 a month now; they want to raise it $30 a month to $230. This section ...
• 1 dead, another injured in condo fire near UNLV (NV) May 7, 2024
  One person died and a second person was injured in a fire early Monday on the fifth floor of a luxury condominium building near UNLV in south-central Las Vegas.   Read the article…………………………….
• Property owners, HOA responsible for paying for damage from multi-day barricade, City of Henderson says (NV) May 1, 2024
  The aftermath from the multi-day barricade in Henderson remains.  The face of the townhome where the suspect was barricaded is still ripped off from the incident, over two weeks later.  According to the City of Henderson, the community’s Homeowner Association will be responsible for paying for repairs to the structure of the building, and the property owners will be responsible for their individual townhomes.   Read the article…………………………….
• Renter says HOA board member is harassing her (NV) April 29, 2024
  Q: I recently read your article about Nevada laws and residential bullying. I appreciate the ethos of the article and addressing where manners of reason may often go wrong. I feel as if I, a renter, am experiencing harassment from an individual on the HOA board, who lives across from me. Her car is parked facing my unit.    Read the Q&A………………………………..
• Homeowners look to protect families, pets from coyotes — if HOAs allow it (NV) April 24, 2024
  Dangerous encounters with coyotes across the Las Vegas valley have caught the attention of many concerned about the safety of their families and pets.  Some residents of the Green Valley community in Henderson have called the neighborhood a “haven for coyotes.” Others admit to being concerned that the animals roam the area. A local company, AR Iron, says it offers a solution.   Read the article…………………………….
• Homeowner says it’s time to ditch Zoom meetings (NV) April 15, 2024
  Q: It’s been four years since COVID, and quite frankly, I’m tired of hearing excuses from lazy people who refuse to convene as normal. And while I understand the convenience of Zoom meetings, they are not without fault and major issues.   For one thing, there will always be “technical” difficulties. It’s the internet, after all.    Read the Q&A………………………………..
• HOAs must file BOI reports with FINCEN (NV) April 9, 2024
  Failure and/or refusal to file timely beneficial ownership information, or BOI, reports or updates can be punishable both criminally and civilly. The willful failure to report complete or updated beneficial ownership information to United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FINCEN, or the willful providing of or attempt to provide false or fraudulent beneficial ownership information may result in a civil and criminal penalties, including civil penalties of up to $500 for each day that the ...

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• The right stuff: Stirring up the perfect volunteer recipe
  The CAI Nevada Chapter seems to have perfected the volunteer recipe. The chapter boasts a large, long-standing, and active contingent of homeowners who give their time, expertise, and effort to both their local communities and the chapter.   Read the article…………………………….
• A new anti-money laundering law will affect HOAs (NV)
  The Anti-Money Laundering/Corporate Transparency Act was passed by Congress on a bipartisan basis in 2021. The goal of the Act is to empower the federal government to gather financial information about corporations to create more corporate transparency and better discover and combat money laundering, terrorist funding and other financial crimes.   Read the article…………………………….
• Conflict Management How to Handle When Things Get Out of Hand (NV)
  Living in close quarters can—and often does—lead to conflict. In co-op, condo, and HOA communities, conflict can occur between residents, or between a resident and the board. And to complicate matters, a seemingly isolated conflict between residents may spill over to become a conflict between resident(s) and the board. What’s the key to resolving differences? Like the old British wartime poster advises: Stay calm and carry on.    Read the article…………………………….
• Nevada Court Issues Significant Guidance on the Interpretation of ALTA HOA Endorsements
  On October 12, 2023, the Supreme Court of Nevada (“the Court”) issued an important decision in the matter of Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, No. 84161, 2023 Nev. LEXIS 40 (Oct. 12, 2023), providing guidance on the interpretation and application of American Land Title Association (“ALTA”) and California Land Title Association (“CLTA”) endorsements 100(1)(a), 100(2)(a), and 115.2(2).   Read the article……………………………
• Financial, Physical, & Operational Health: How Does Your Association Measure Up?
  In early 2020, our firm was hired to prepare a reserve study for an unremarkable 136-unit, 12-story condominium in south Florida. It was the kind of association you could drive right by without noticing, not much different from all the other high-rise buildings in this coastal neighborhood.  Read the article………………………..
• Las Vegas Water Agency Seeks Power to Limit Residential Use (NV)
  Nevada lawmakers are considering a remarkable shift in allowing the water agency that manages the Colorado River supply for Las Vegas to limit single-family residential use in the desert city and surrounding county.   Read the article………………………..
• Residential Communities vs. Climate Change: Adjusting to the New Reality (NV)
  The reality of climate change is upon us. Weather patterns have changed, and seasons have been altered. We experience more intense heat, more frequent, destructive storms, wide-ranging wildfires, and more destructive cold. Tornadoes—the spawn of conflicting hot and cold air masses—touch down in places they were once almost unheard of. What was scientific prognostication only a few years ago has become reality.   Read the article………………………..

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