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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.
Official sourceFla. Stat. Chapter 720
FLGoverns 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
FLFlorida 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
FLDBPR rules governing condominium association budgets, financial reporting, records, and related accounting practices. Administrative code — read alongside Chapter 718.
Official sourceFla. Stat. Chapter 617
FLFlorida's general nonprofit corporation statute. Every Florida HOA and COA is organized as a nonprofit corporation under Chapter 617 (in addition to the substantive HOA/COA chapter that governs it). When Chapter 718, 719, or 720 is silent on a corporate governance question — how to call a members' meeting, how to take action without a meeting, what records members can inspect — Chapter 617 fills the gap. Boards that ignore 617 because they think only 718 or 720 matters are routinely surprised in litigation.
Official sourceFla. Stat. Chapter 723
FLFlorida'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
FLFlorida'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.
Official sourceAL 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
ALAL 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 sourceAL Chapter 10A-3-1.01 to 8.02
ALIA Chapter ch. 499B
IAIA Chapter ch. 499A
IAIA Chapter ch. 499C
IAIA Chapter ch. 504
IALA 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
LALA Chapter 9:1141.1 to 50
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
MSNC Chapter ch. 47C
NCNC Chapter ch. 47F
NCNC Chapter ch. 47A
NCNC Chapter 47F
NCGoverns planned communities in North Carolina, generally those created on or after January 1, 1999, with selected provisions reaching earlier communities (N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 47F-1-101 et seq.). Covers definitions, association powers and governance, the executive board, meetings, assessments for common expenses, the claim of lien for unpaid assessments and its enforcement by power-of-sale (nonjudicial) foreclosure, and association records.
Official sourceNC Chapter 47C
NCGoverns condominiums in North Carolina created on or after October 1, 1986, with selected provisions reaching earlier condominiums (N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 47C-1-101 et seq.). The Act is based on the Uniform Condominium Act and parallels the Planned Community Act on assessments, the claim of lien for unpaid assessments and its enforcement by power-of-sale (nonjudicial) foreclosure, and association records.
Official sourceOH Chapter ch. 5311
OHOH Chapter ch. 5312
OHOH Chapter 5311
OHGoverns 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.
Official sourceOH Chapter 5312
OHGoverns Ohio planned communities -- communities of individual lots whose deed, common plan, or declaration requires owners to belong to an owners association or support common property and facilities (Ohio Rev. Code Chapter 5312). Covers definitions, powers and duties of the owners association, examination of books and records, maintenance and repair of common elements, common expense liability and assessments, individual lot assessments and the enforcement-assessment hearing process, and the assessment lien (foreclosed judicially in the same manner as a mortgage). A condominium property under Chapter 5311 is expressly NOT a planned community.
Official sourcePA Chapter 3101-3414
PAPA Chapter 4101-4414
PAPA Chapter 5101-5414
PAPA Chapter 68-31
PAGoverns Pennsylvania condominiums created on or after the act's effective date under Title 68, Chapter 31, §§ 3101-3414. Covers definitions, association powers, the executive board and declarant control, meetings, assessments for common expenses, the statutory lien and its judicial foreclosure, association records, and resale certificates. Pennsylvania enacted the three older standalone uniform acts rather than the unified UCIOA.
Official sourcePA Chapter 68-51
PAGoverns Pennsylvania planned communities (the HOA-equivalent regime) under Title 68, Chapter 51, §§ 5101-5414, effective February 2, 1997. Covers association powers, the executive board and declarant control, assessments for common expenses, the statutory lien and its judicial foreclosure, and resale certificates. Applies in full to planned communities with more than 12 units; smaller and older communities are subject to specified portions.
Official sourceTX 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 sourceWA Chapter ch. 64.90
WAWA Chapter ch. 64.34
WAWA Chapter ch. 64.38
WAWA Chapter ch. 64.32
WAWA Chapter 64.90
WAThe forward-looking source of record for Washington community associations. WUCIOA (UCIOA-based, effective July 1, 2018) governs condominiums, plat communities, and cooperatives, and by January 1, 2028 governs all common interest communities when the legacy chapters are repealed (SB 5796). Covers selected key definitions, association powers and duties, meetings, assessments, the statutory lien with judicial or power-of-sale foreclosure, association records, and the resale certificate.
Official sourceWA Chapter 64.34
WAGoverns Washington condominiums created from July 1, 1990 through June 30, 2018. Repealed effective January 1, 2028, when WUCIOA (RCW ch. 64.90) governs all common interest communities (SB 5796). The seeded lien section establishes that the association's assessment lien may be enforced judicially under ch. 61.12 RCW or nonjudicially under ch. 61.24 RCW where the declaration grants a power of sale.
Official sourceWA Chapter 64.38
WAGoverns Washington homeowners associations formed before July 1, 2018. Repealed effective January 1, 2028, when WUCIOA (RCW ch. 64.90) governs all common interest communities (SB 5796). The seeded section sets out the association's default powers under RCW 64.38.020.
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.
Official sourceGA Chapter 44-3-70 to 44-3-117
GAGoverns the creation, administration, and management of condominiums in Georgia. Covers the declaration, bylaws, unit owner rights, common element maintenance, assessment collection, and enforcement procedures.
Official sourceGA Chapter 44-3-220 to 235
GAGoverns homeowners associations (POAs) in Georgia that have opted into the Act. Covers the powers and duties of associations, enforcement of covenants, assessment liens, and member rights.
Official sourceIL 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.
Official sourceIL Chapter 765 ILCS 605
ILGoverns the creation, administration, and management of condominiums in Illinois. Covers declaration requirements, unit owner rights, association powers and duties, common element management, assessment collection, and judicial procedures for enforcement.
Official sourceIL Chapter 765 ILCS 160
ILGoverns homeowners associations and other common interest communities (other than condominiums) in Illinois. Covers member rights, board powers, meeting procedures, financial disclosures, assessment collection, and alternative dispute resolution.
Official sourceNY 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.
Official sourceVA 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.
Official sourceVA Chapter 55.1-1800 to 1833
VAGoverns homeowners associations in Virginia. Covers the creation and registration of associations, disclosure requirements for resales, board powers, assessment collection, enforcement of covenants, and member rights.
Official sourceVA Chapter 55.1-1900 to 1993
VAGoverns the creation, administration, and management of condominiums in Virginia. Covers the declaration, plats, unit owner rights, common element maintenance, assessment collection, resale disclosures, and registration with the Common Interest Community Board.
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