Admin/Records

Understanding Owners’ Rights to Access Association Records (CO)

It is an issue that every community association faces homeowner requests for association documents. But what are homeowners entitled to,…

1 year ago

Boca View condo association appeals order requiring financial record inspection (FL)

More than three months after a judge ordered the Boca View Condominium Association to let a unit owner or her…

1 year ago

Denial of contract inspection difficult to defend (MI)

Q: I am one of the directors in our condominium association. One of our residents has requested a copy of…

1 year ago

Best Practices for Board Meeting Minutes (NC)

A question came up during a recent online discussion about “best practices” for board meeting minutes. The answer to questions…

1 year ago

Breach of Personal Information in Community Associations – Updated (PA)

Time flies. Since about 2010 I have been counseling community associations on risks involving potential breaches of personal information and…

1 year ago

How to Handle Records Requests by Owners (AZ)

When an owner or member makes a records request it is important to act quickly. Once an owner or member…

1 year ago

Resident Challenges Buttonwood Beach Association’s Right to Withhold Records (RI)

A prominent resident and shoreline activist is charging the Buttonwoods Beach Association with violating the state’s open records law over…

2 years ago

Boca condo board loses bid to withhold financial records from ‘troublemakers’ (FL)

Condominium owners don’t have to tell governing boards why they want to examine their associations’ financial records. And owners, not…

2 years ago

HOA Homefront — Year-end planning: Is your HOA issuing both annual disclosure packets (CA)

One of the many improvements made by the Legislature in 2012 to the Davis-Stirling Act was to group a variety…

2 years ago

Condominium and Cooperative – Required Building Reporting (FL)

Fla. Stat. §718.501(3)(a) and Fla. Stat. §719.501(3)(a) require all condominium and cooperative associations existing on or before July 1, 2022,…

2 years ago