Category: HOA Board Advice
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SELF-HELP PROJECTS: Members Painting Fences
QUESTION: Can we operate without a president? The manager refuses to allow us to have a president claiming we would be sued. To compensate, the manager has taken over the president’s powers. How long can we function this way?
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VACATION RENTALS: How’s your HOA Community Handling This?
QUESTION: Can we operate without a president? The manager refuses to allow us to have a president claiming we would be sued. To compensate, the manager has taken over the president’s powers. How long can we function this way?
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Dissolving the HOA Due to Fires and Other Disasters
QUESTION: Our association serves no purpose for what is left after the recent big fire disasters. Many of us would like to dissolve our association. Are their special circumstances to dissolution due to this disaster?
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Manager Acting as President
QUESTION: Can we operate without a president? The manager refuses to allow us to have a president claiming we would be sued. To compensate, the manager has taken over the president’s powers. How long can we function this way?
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Fining a Family Trust
Below is a helpful tip from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC regarding . . . Can the HOA Fine a Family Trust? QUESTION: We have a number of condos owned by family trusts. If we have to pursue the owner for rules violations or unpaid assessments, who do we go after? ANSWER:…
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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations & the HOA
The following is advice for HOA homeowners and communities regarding Electrical Charging Stations within the HOA from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC. QUESTION: The Davis-Stirling Act requires homeowners to meet certain requirements when installing an electric vehicle charging station. Newer vehicles can now charge from a standard outlet without the need for…
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Is Two Out of Five an HOA Meeting
Below is a helpful tip from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC regarding HOA meetings . . . IS TWO OUT OF FIVE A MEETING? QUESTION: In the context of unauthorized board meetings, is majority meant as majority of the the serving board members, or majority of authorized board members? For example, five…
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Regulating Bicycles on Balconies
Below is a helpful tip from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC regarding . . . REGULATING BICYCLES ON BALCONIES QUESTION: Can an HOA prohibit keeping your bicycle on your own balcony? ANSWER: It is common for associations to regulate what can be kept on balconies, including bicycles. Nuisance: Without rules, people would…
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Power of Attorney
Below is a helpful tip from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC regarding . . . Is your power of attorney authorized? QUESTION: Does the board have the right to request a notarized copy of a power of attorney so that it may be kept on file? ANSWER: Yes, if someone has a…
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Suspending Voting Rights
Below is a helpful tip from the Davis-Stirling.com Newsletter by ADAMS | STIRLING PLC regarding . . . Suspending Voting Rights to HOA Members QUESTION: Our governing documents give the board authority to suspend members’ voting rights when they are delinquent. If a member who owns more than one separate interest is delinquent on only…