Obligations of owners; remedies

Common Elements summary — Section 719.303 is the cooperative enforcement statute. Every member, tenant, occupant, and guest must comply with the cooperative documents and Chapter 719. The association's remedies are damages, injunctive relief, any other legal or equitable relief, and the right to levy fines after notice and a hearing before an independent committee of members. The fine procedure parallels condo 718.303: 14-day written notice, hearing before a committee of at least three members who are not officers or directors and not related to officers or directors, statutory cap of $100 per violation with a $1,000 aggregate for continuing violations (unless the bylaws set lower limits). The committee must affirmatively approve the fine — if it doesn't, the fine cannot be imposed. For boards: cooperatives have an additional remedy that condos lack — the proprietary lease is a contract, and the association can pursue lease-termination proceedings under Chapter 83 for serious rule violations. This is the "nuclear option" and should never be invoked without counsel, but it's a meaningfully stronger enforcement lever than condo equivalents.

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