{"id":292,"date":"2006-11-14T18:28:18","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T22:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/14\/condo-law-resources\/"},"modified":"2007-01-17T18:29:26","modified_gmt":"2007-01-17T22:29:26","slug":"condo-law-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/14\/condo-law-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"condo law resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonlegalresearch.blogspot.com\/2006\/11\/oregon-condo-and-homeowner.html\"><em>Oregon Legal Research<\/em> weblog<\/a> had a post today linking to some resources on condo and homeowner association law in that state.\u00a0\u00a0 Laurie Orr&#8217;s piece reminded me that many homebuyers and homeowners (including accidental board members) could use a compilation of resources related to condo and co-op law, common interest developments (CIDs), homeowner associations, and their CC&amp;R spawn &#8212; &#8220;covenants, conditions and restrictions.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"50\" alt=\"CondoBlock\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2006\/11\/condoBlock.jpg\" width=\"60\" \/>\u00a0Keeping in mind that Condo Law is mostly a\u00a0matter of state and local law, the following sources\u00a0could be useful places\u00a0for the consumer who needs to\u00a0get a feel for the relevant concepts,\u00a0rights, responsibilites, and pitfalls.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caionline.org\/\">The Community Associations Institute<\/a>\u00a0(CAI) offers a free download of its brochure <em>&#8220;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caisecure.net\/index.mv?p=M5800\"><em><strong>Community Matters &#8211;<\/strong> <strong>What You Should Know Before You Buy<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>It<em> &#8220;<\/em>explains the nature, benefits, and obligations of community association living. It addresses governance, rules, assessments, and homeowner expectations and highlights 14 questions potential buyers should answer before buying.&#8221; CIA&#8217;s weblog <a href=\"http:\/\/cai.blogware.com\/blog\/\">U<em>ngated<\/em><\/a>, also\u00a0has relevant information, as does the 22-page booklet &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.caisecure.net\/index.mv?p=4001\">The Homeowner &amp; the Community Association<\/a>&#8221; [it&#8217;s $2.95, but you can get one free copy with your SASE], and the book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caisecure.net\/index.mv?p=5710\"><em>Community Association Legal Counsel<\/em><\/a><em>: How To Select and Use An Attorney<\/em>.<\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.associationtimes.com\/\">Association Times<\/a> website has\u00a0a useful\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.associationtimes.com\/glossary.html\">Glossary of Terms<\/a>, and an extensive\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.associationtimes.com\/stateInformation.htm\"><strong>State Resources<\/strong> Page<\/a> that contains links to relevant State Laws, as well as Local CAI Chapters.\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><em>Nolo.com <\/em>has a brief article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolo.com\/article.cfm\/ObjectID\/62C6A8D3-4D6E-4BD7-9C5D953B038B4A52\/catID\/D0B308BB-D553-438E-94E8D66498A911D7\/213\/243\/267\/ART\/\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Understanding Homeowners&#8217; Associations and CC&amp;R<\/font><\/a>.<\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">HALT&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halt.org\/self_help_resources\/internet_brochures\/condos.php\">Citizens Legal Guide: Condos, Co-ops &amp; Homeowners Associations: What You Need to Know<\/a>\u00a0gives a good summary of things you\u00a0need to know and think about.\u00a0\u00a0It points out\u00a0&#8220;Community associations, which govern housing developments such as condominium or cooperative buildings and townhouse developments, can exercise a tremendous amount of control over the residents living within them. A community association can &#8212; typically does &#8212; set out a number of restrictions. These rules can dictate what color you paint your house, what type of shrubs or flowers you plant in your yard or what your garbage can must look like. If you&#8217;re in the market for a condo, townhouse or co-op, there are some important things you should know about your rights and responsibilities within a community association.&#8221;\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.halt.org\/self_help_resources\/internet_brochures\/community_associations.pdf)\">pdf version<\/a>)<\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/condolawyers.com\/\"><em>CondoLawyers<\/em>.com<\/a> has a\u00a0variety of relevant information,including a state-by-state list of <a href=\"http:\/\/condolawyers.com\/nationalaw.htm\">condo statutes<\/a>, a Primer on <a href=\"http:\/\/condolawyers.com\/primer.htm\">Duties and Authority of Association Boards<\/a>, and an <a href=\"http:\/\/condolawyers.com\/article.htm\">articles page<\/a>, with titles such as &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/condolawyers.com\/articles\/abusive.htm\">Abusive Boards<\/a>: The FIght Against Them.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">California lawyer Beth Grimm &#8212; your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiacondoguru.com\/\"><em>CondoGuru<\/em><\/a> &#8212; has put together an informative website.\u00a0For example, find a long list of articles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiacondoguru.com\/hoarticles\/articles.html\">here<\/a>.<\/font> <\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-condolaw.com\/\">Condo Law<\/a> website is run by three lawyers who say they have put together an easy-to-understand Database that &#8220;covers the National Condo Law for all fifty U. S. states, the District of Columbia, and even U.S. territories. It is the most comprehensive collection of condominium law questions and answers o\u00adn the Internet.&#8221; \u00a0Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-condolaw.com\/tables.php\">here<\/a> for a page listing the many topics covered.\u00a0 To\u00a0access the information on\u00a0the site, however, you must pay a modest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-condolaw.com\/register.php#register\">registration fee<\/a> (daily, monthly or annual).\u00a0<\/font>\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oregon Legal Research weblog had a post today linking to some resources on condo and homeowner association law in that state.\u00a0\u00a0 Laurie Orr&#8217;s piece reminded me that many homebuyers and homeowners (including accidental board members) could use a compilation of resources related to condo and co-op law, common interest developments (CIDs), homeowner associations, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[896],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources-consumer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}