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Are There Skeletons in Your Association’s Closet?

Last week I was preparing an amendment to a set of recorded governing documents for a local community that were over 50 years old. There had been several amendments over those decades and I was asked to provide a few more updates by the recently elected new board. When I reached the section where I wanted to place my new language I scrolled through and blinked twice when I read this section:  “No colored persons or servants shall be permitted to reside in the units overnight”.

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