Articles, Forms, Reference Documents
Welcome to the one-stop center for articles of general interest to community associations. Please keep in mind that these articles are general in nature and may not fully answer questions that are specific to your community association. If you would like a legal opinion that specifically addresses your matter, please contact us directly.
ARTICLES
- 2019-2020 Disclosure Checklist
- 2020 Election Guide
- AEDs and the Good Samaritan
- Aging in Place
- Aging Owner Situations
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Architectural Applications and Ironwood v. Solomon
- Assistance Animals
- Association Not Liable for Criminal Activity
- Attorneys for Owners Not Allowed at Board Meetings
- Bankruptcy: Automatic Stays Explained
- Bankruptcy Basics
- Bankruptcy and the Motion for Relief from Stay
- Board Recall
- Cameras in the Common Areas
- Collections 101
- Commercial and Industrial Common Interest Development Act
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- Construction Defects and SB800
- COVID-19 and Board Relations
- Electronic Delivery
- Equal Access to Media for Campaigns
- Ethics for Board Members
- Exclusive Use
- Executive Committees
- Fair Housing and ADA
- Fiduciary Duties
- Fraud
- Harassment
- Holiday Decor
- Homeowner Apathy and Rewards for Voting
- Insurance - Tendering a Claim
- Leaks and Water Intrusion
- Liens
- Management Charges for Escrow Transfer Disclosures
- Medical Marijuana Nuisance
- Neighbor-To-Neighbor Disputes
- New Davis-Stirling Act
- Nuisance Disputes
- Partial Payments - Judicial Foreclosure Gone Wrong
- Quid Pro Quo and Hostile Work Environment
- Reasonable Accommodations for Support Animals
- Religious Icons
- Rule Change Procedure Chart
- SB 323 - The New Election Law
- Smoking Bans
- Smoking Nuisance
- Solar Panel Requests
- Spite Fences
- Surviving Legal Trouble
- Termites, Fumigation and Relocation
- The Art of Taking Minutes
- The Members Requested a Recall; Now What Do We Do?
- To Foreclose or Not to Foreclose
- Towing Vehicles
- View Protection
- What You Need to Know About Small Claims Court
FORMS
- Consent to Electronic Transmission
- Member Notice of Opt-Out - Information Sharing
- Escrow / Seller Governing Document Request Form (Civ. Code Section 4528)