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Fla. Stat. Chapter 718
FLGoverns 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
FLGoverns 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.
AL Chapter 35-8
ALAlabama condominium statute (Title 35, Chapter 8) governing creation, administration, and termination of condominiums. Read alongside the Alabama HOA Act for single-family subdivisions.
Official sourceAL Chapter 35-8A-101 to 417
ALLA Chapter 9:1121
LALouisiana Revised Statutes Title 9, Part VIII — condominium regimes, association administration, assessments, and unit-owner rights. Homeowners' associations may also rely on servitudes and nonprofit corporation law.
Official sourceLA Chapter 9:1121.101-1124.117
LAMS Chapter 89-9
MSMississippi Condominium Law (Title 89, Chapter 9). Most subdivision HOAs are governed by recorded declarations and the Nonprofit Corporation Act rather than a dedicated HOA chapter.
Official sourceMS Chapter 79-11-101 to 405
MSTX Chapter 82
TXGoverns condominiums created on or after January 1, 1994 under the Texas Property Code. Covers creation of condominiums, association powers, assessments and liens, insurance, records, resale certificates, and transition from declarant control.
Official sourceTX Chapter 209
TXGoverns residential property owners' associations (HOAs) for subdivisions of single-family lots. Covers governing documents, board duties, assessments, liens, meetings and elections, resale certificates, enforcement policies (HB 614), and owner remedies.
Official sourceGA Chapter 44-3
GAGoverns condominiums in Georgia created by recording condominium instruments that comply with O.C.G.A. Article 3, §§ 44-3-70 to 44-3-117. Covers definitions, organization and membership, declarant control and transition, quorum and governance, assessment liens and judicial foreclosure, resale disclosure, and amendment of the condominium instruments.
Official sourceGA Chapter 44-3
GAOpt-in statutory framework for Georgia subdivision homeowners associations (O.C.G.A. Article 6, §§ 44-3-220 to 44-3-235). The article applies only to developments whose recorded declaration states an affirmative election to be governed by it under O.C.G.A. § 44-3-222. It supplies standardized authority for assessments, a statutory lien with judicial foreclosure, fining and enforcement, and association powers and records.
IL Chapter 765 ILCS 605
ILGoverns property submitted to the condominium form of ownership in Illinois under 765 ILCS 605. Covers definitions, sharing of common expenses and the assessment lien (with judicial foreclosure in the same manner as a mortgage), powers and duties of the board of managers, master associations, association records and member examination rights, and the resale disclosure a unit owner must furnish a prospective purchaser.
Official sourceIL Chapter 765 ILCS 160
ILGoverns Illinois common interest communities other than condominiums and cooperatives -- typically townhome, villa, and single-family-home associations whose owners must pay for shared common areas under a recorded declaration administered by an association (765 ILCS 160). Covers definitions, applicability, board elections and voting, board duties and records, member rights and resale disclosure, meetings and quorum, and finances and budgets. The Act does not create its own recorded-lien or power-of-sale foreclosure mechanism; associations collect unpaid assessments through the courts, including the possession remedy under the Eviction Article of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/Art. IX). No non-judicial power of sale is conferred.
NY Chapter 339-d-339-kk
NYNew York's condominium statute. Governs property submitted to the article by a recorded declaration, the units and common elements, the board of managers and by-laws, allocation of common charges and expenses by common interest, the board's lien for unpaid common charges and its judicial foreclosure in like manner as a real-property mortgage, records, and compliance with the by-laws. New York has no dedicated homeowners-association act; non-condominium associations run on the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law and recorded covenants.
Official sourceNY Chapter 339-d to 339-kk
NYGoverns the creation, ownership, and operation of condominiums in New York. Covers the declaration, bylaws, unit owner rights, common element maintenance, board powers, lien enforcement, and the rights of purchasers and mortgagees.
VA Chapter 55.1-18
VAGoverns Virginia property owners' associations and the developments they administer (Va. Code Ann. Title 55.1, Chapter 18). Former Title 55 was repealed and recodified into Title 55.1 effective October 1, 2019. Covers definitions, association charges, access to records and meetings, board of directors meetings, adoption and enforcement of rules and the related charges, and the lien for assessments with enforcement by judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure.
Official sourceVA Chapter 55.1-19
VAGoverns Virginia condominiums and unit owners' associations (Va. Code Ann. Title 55.1, Chapter 19). Former Title 55 was repealed and recodified into Title 55.1 effective October 1, 2019. Covers books, minutes, and records inspection and the lien for assessments with enforcement by judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure.
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AL Chapter 35-20
ALStatutory framework for Alabama HOAs (§§ 35-20-1 et seq., effective 2016). Covers association formation, governance, assessments, records, and owner remedies for residential subdivisions.
Official sourceLA Chapter 9:1141.1 to 50
LAGoverns property submitted to the condominium form of ownership in Ohio under Revised Code Chapter 5311. Covers definitions, powers and duties of the unit owners association board of directors, association records and the developer turnover of records, the continuing lien for common expenses (foreclosed judicially in the same manner as a mortgage), and compliance and enforcement of the declaration, bylaws, and rules. A condominium under Chapter 5311 is expressly NOT a planned community under Chapter 5312.