State Laws

Key Takeaways Most people who join an HOA board do it for straightforward reasons. Maybe the neighborhood needed help after the previous treasurer moved away. Or someone had to step up at the annual meeting, and the hand that went up was yours.  What rarely comes up in that moment is the full weight of…

Key Takeaways As a volunteer HOA board member, you’re contributing your time and efforts to improve your community, support your neighbors, and make your neighborhood a nicer place to live. You’re probably not signing up to make yourself vulnerable to being personally liable by state law for compliance issues that come from haphazard physical recordkeeping…

Key Takeaways In most states, laws that affect HOAs automatically apply to all HOAs. In Georgia, your HOA might have to opt in to that law. And that choice changes almost everything about how your community is governed. This guide is here to help you navigate it all. Georgia’s HOA Opt-In Enforcement Here are some…

Key Takeaways Volunteering for your HOA board shouldn’t automatically come with surprises that put you, personally, in legal hot water. But it can, if you’re not careful. The risk is greater if you’re not familiar with New York HOA laws.  Say you’re serving on a board that’s been operating the same way for decades. Until…

Key Takeaways If you’re like most neighbors, you volunteered for your HOA to make your community a better place to live. But if you’re a volunteer in California, you may not have realized that California HOA laws are some of the toughest in the country, and are updated often.  On top of everything else that…

Key Takeaways Committing to acting as a self-managed HOA can eliminate paying for a third-party manager from your community’s budget, but any board looking to take on the responsibility must be aware of best practices for HOA management as well as federal or state guidelines.  For Florida residents, compliance requires extra vigilance, as the state…