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Mr. Richardson,
Our Board increased monthly assessments by exactly 20% without bringing it to the members for a vote. Is this legal? Is the law we must vote on...
Good Morning Mr. Richardson,
Our association wants to amend our bylaws to increase the number of persons elected to the board. Do you have to fix the number to be elected...
Dear Kelly,
Our HOA permits homeowners to maintain small areas of common area with the understanding that the homeowner will pay for returning the area to the care of the...
Dear Kelly,
Can the board of a condominium meet without the manager to discuss board business and take action as long as the agenda is posted? Can board members meet to...
Dear Kelly,
Immediately after the election of the board the new board members go into executive session to determine who will be the officers for the following year. This...
Kelly Richardson,
We have lived in three HOAs over the past 30 years. What we have found lately is that no one wants anything to do with the HOA. It is almost impossible...
Mr. Richardson,
I was an officer of a small condo association for about 10 years. There were 3 of us officers originally and as they moved away or just quit doing anything...
Kelly,
The management company told us at a recent meeting that the HOA was due over $130,000 in past due HOA assessments. Therefore they increased our assessments 18%....
Common interest development associations are alliances of owners agreeing to share a tract of property and share the control and costs of that property. That sharing of...
Kelly Richardson,
Non-occupied owners were sent a form that they must sign stating, “I acknowledge that I will be held responsible for the actions of my tenants...
Dear Kelly,
I really like your column. I’m on an HOA board and pride myself in keeping up with HOA legislation. I learned something new in your reply to a recent...
Hello Mr. Richardson,
I attended a Board meeting in which the opening of ballots was on the agenda. The president mentioned that a list with the names of all the...
