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Plain-English summaries plus synced statutory text for Florida condos, co-ops, and HOAs, including milestone inspections (Ch. 553), DBPR accounting rules (FAC 61B-22), and CAM licensing law (Ch. 468 Part VIII, FAC 61E14). Search by keyword or start from a real-world topic.This is a reference library for the statutes that govern community associations: condominiums, cooperatives, and homeowners associations. Each chapter pairs a plain-English summary with the synced statutory text and a link to the official source, so you can look up the law behind a board decision. It is reference, not legal advice.
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Fla. Stat. Chapter 718
Governs the formation, management, powers, and operation of condominium associations in Florida. Sections cover creation of condominiums, association powers and duties, financial reporting, common-element responsibility, milestone inspections, structural integrity reserve studies (SIRS), member meeting rules, and developer-to-owner control transfer.
Official sourceFla. Stat. Chapter 719
Governs cooperative associations (co-ops) in Florida — residential housing where members own shares in a corporation that owns the real property, rather than units in fee simple. Parallel structure to Chapter 718 but with co-op-specific provisions around share transfers, proprietary leases, and member voting.
Official sourceFla. Stat. Chapter 720
Governs Florida homeowners' associations (HOAs) for residential planned developments. Covers association powers and duties, recording of governing documents, board member duties, member rights, meeting and election procedures, financial obligations, and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation's oversight role.
Official sourceFla. Stat. Chapter 553
Florida building safety statutes including milestone inspections for condominiums and cooperatives (§ 553.899), local enforcement, and coordination with Chapters 718 and 719.
Official sourceFla. Stat. Chapter 61B-22
DBPR rules governing condominium association budgets, financial reporting, records, and related accounting practices. Administrative code — read alongside Chapter 718.
Official sourceFla. Stat. Chapter 468
Florida's licensing law for community association managers (CAMs) and management firms: who must be licensed, the exam and prelicensure education, continuing education, professional practice standards, conflicts of interest, discipline, and penalties. Part VIII only (ss. 468.431 to 468.438).
Official sourceFla. Stat. Chapter 61E14
DBPR rules for community association managers: prelicensure education and the licensure exam, standards of professional conduct, fees, continuing education and provider approval, notices of non-compliance, and council attendance. Read alongside Chapter 468, Part VIII.
Official sourceFla. Stat. Chapter 617
Florida's general nonprofit corporation statute. Section 617.1703 addresses its application to associations regulated by Chapters 718, 719, 720, 721, and 723. The applicable association chapter controls where it conflicts with Chapter 617 or otherwise provides; additional exclusions appear in section 617.1703. Consult the official text and the law applicable to the association.
Official sourceFla. Stat. Chapter 723
Florida's mobile-home-park statute. Governs the landlord-tenant relationship between a park owner (who owns the land) and a mobile-home owner (who owns the home but rents the lot). Covers rent increases, mandatory disclosures via the prospectus, the homeowners' association's right of first refusal when the park is sold, fair-housing rules, and the limited fiduciary duties of officers and directors of mobile-home-park homeowners' associations. Distinct from Chapter 718 (condominium) and Chapter 720 (HOA) — mobile-home-park communities are a separate regulatory regime.
Official sourceFla. Stat. Chapter 768
Florida's general negligence and premises-liability statute. Sets the comparative-fault framework, the three-tier premises-liability classification (invitee, licensee, trespasser), contribution among tortfeasors, the alcohol-or-drug defense, and the Good Samaritan Act. For HOA and COA boards this chapter is the substrate under almost every tort claim filed against the association — slip-and-fall, swimming-pool injury, common-element defect, gate-related auto loss. Officer-and-director immunity for community associations lives in the chapter-specific statutes (718.111(1)(d) for COAs, 720.303(1) for HOAs), referenced from this chapter rather than duplicated here.
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