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Navigating the new process for requesting records (ON)

As of Nov. 1, 2017, there is a new process under the Condominium Act, as amended, for making and responding to records requests in condo corporations. Requests for records must now be made in writing using mandatory forms, and people requesting records are no longer required to give the condo corporation a reason for their request.  Section 55 of the Condominium Act, as amended, continues to grant owners, purchasers or mortgagees the right to examine or obtain records. Ontario Regulation 48/01 sets out the new procedure for requesting records. The regulation also defines which records a corporation must keep (in addition to those listed in section 55 of the Condominium Act and the corporation’s bylaws), how the records must be kept, and for how long.  The new process for requesting records can be divided into three steps.      Read the article………………

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