Non HOA.

I have lived in my subdivision for 6 yrs. We have a mandatory HOA. But in the last 2-3 years there has not been a meeting or an election of board members. When we did attempt to elect board members the self elected HOA president/secretary stated the elections were not legal for one reason or another. The homeowners did try to follow the rules she stated needed to be followed but again she stated it was not a legal election. My question is if there has not been any meetings, newsletters or any communication with the home owners do we actually have a HOA?

yes, you still have an hoa...i would make this suggestion to you, forget following rules to a T...get a transitional board in place by just having volunteers and follow that up in a couple months with a real election. At this point you need folks to just do the day to day activities. Granted a transitinal board is technically not elected legally, but at this point I am not sure that you can get a board legally without have some leadership. Forget what the self elected person says, if you have a group of people get them going!