HOA RULES

Maria,

Contact a board member of your property manager, if your HOA has one. They should be able to provide you with a copy of the rules.

Oh Ok I'll be calling the property manager
Thanks
Maria

These were exactly my toughs some one could alter them rather try to get them some place else
Thank you Tony
Maria

Maria asked for copies of the "rules", which I did not perceive to mean "covenants". The rules are generally NOT recorded with the Co. Recorder, only the covenants (CCRs).

Tony, why would you make a blanket statement that the copies received from the board or PM might be adulterated? Aren't you a board member? Unless you know who Maria's board members are and what they are, or might be, capable of doing, I think it's rather presumptios of you to plant notions in her head.

I like to thank you all
to me also it sounds like a cautionary I also believe that what is filed at the courthouse is law and has to be followed, some boards are not good at paperwork and may have outdated covenants, etc.
and is a good idea to get them both not just the rules you never know when you are going to need them
Maria

Yes I did received them but I lost the rules and regulations and I wanted to know were to get them if possible online of course I will pay for them.
And is something one should have at all time.
Here were we bought there is many issues with the HOA not doing their jobs also select picking who they enforce their rules on too {not my problem yet} I have not been select picking.
For example one of my neighbor
have gotten town 4 times we live in townhouses and he got town for different reasons like commercial vehicle but he don't have commercial license plates the only thing he have are signs on his door the kind that you remove when ever you want to also he got town for having a disable vehicle he had an accident and he brought his car home and I think but not sure for double park witch is not allowed also another lady neighbor got town because she bought a car and dint put the license plates on the car and on the same night they took her car
how ever and let me tell you the people that I am talking about is people who have been here over 20 years but at the same time we have other people who just park their car with no license plates for over 3 months and also double park and nothing happens to them don't know why this is going on my self this is my first time with HOA I always live in NYC and dint have them.
I am finding this so weird that I decided to read my rules and regulations and find out I have lost them.
Thank You All for your help
Maria

Ignorant I, when I purchased from the builder I was asked to sign off that I received the docs. It wasn't until years later that I realized I only had one sided copies. I was missing all even numbered pages...this was the builder's fault (sales staff maybe) initially but it seems I wasn't the only one with this problem.

The board was working off a full set but not an official copy. There were some unfilled-in blanks such as what the max. annual assessment could be based on a number at turnover that doesn't exist in the board's and pm's copy.

After much complaining that the board may be making rules based on an unofficial copy of the docs I became friendly with the new pres. who happened to be taking the same HOA education course provided by the city. After raising the question in class the instructor was the one who recommended the county clerk. The pres. actually went to the clerk and my idea was uploading them to a new website. This was four years ago.

I'm not accusing anybody of anything, I just think its important to be thorough. I always look for the seal...

Thank you Toni
Definitively a trip to the courts is worth it
Maria

Kirk,
In Florida, all of your mentioned documents are filed with the County Clerk except the Rules and Regs of the community. Because R.& R.s are changed so frequently and they are strictly a Board obligation to write, they are not filed with the Counties. One of my associations does a new copy of R.and Rs each year, just to update, add and delete items that work or don't work.

Florida Statutes require owners to have proposed changes to the R.and Rs, 14 days prior to being voted on by the Boards, but they are strictly a Board obligation to write.