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Download a copy of the Delaware Code, Title 25 (Property) chapter 22 (unit property and find the answers to your questions. This law became effective om 30 August 2010.

Are there similar laws like this for Iowa? Also, do laws treat condo associations and homeowner associations (for free-standing townhomes) differently?

Yes there are similar proviwsions in Iowa state law-enter "Iowa Horizontal Property Act" into your briowaser and print out cop. Your arnswers are in this law. Condos and HAOs are different and are ubnder the law treated differently. There is a web site (free access) called Association Times through which any state's Condo or HOA act can be accessed. You may even ask questions of experts from this site.

Condos in our association have sold without any problems over the 25 years primarily because our two-bedroom, two-bathroom units are one of the lowest cost in the area - the fancy end of the suburb kind of grew up to the south of us. We have never had reserves and only had a budget and a balance sheet in the last five years. The board does not stick to the budget anyway nor does it uphold and enforce the bylaws. No matter what state laws say, my observations are that most of our buyers didn't have the foggiest idea what to look for before purchase, and the realtors just wanted to make a sale. If you lived in Minnesota, there are a lot of state laws but no state agency to enforce them. I would say don't sweat the laws, no one will enforce them anyway unless they hire a private attorney and who is going to do that?

Any guidelines/laws for Louisiana condos?

Your State Attorney General is responsible for enforcing the 2009 Minnesota Statues, Chapter 515A of the Uniform Condominium Act. Download a copy and find the answers to your questions.

We are only a 45 unit condo group but we are incorporated based on legal opinion.

Where do I get the same info for associations in Baton Rouge , LA?

To Charles: Minnesota has statutes concerning community-owned property including 515A which you quote. That's the good news. The bad news is that there is no state agency, including the Attorney General's office, that enforces them - believe me, I have checked. They suggest working with your board of directors (failed) or hire a private attorney.

Recently I had noise complaints about my tenants who I promptly evicted. However, I subsequently received a "warning notice" and then a statement of 3 fines at once, with no actual incident in between the notices. They are stating there was a "noise complaint" with no specifics. Can they do that?

Is an HOA required to breakout "Penalty Revenue" from "Assessment Revenue" per the Profit & Loss Statement?

Don't Board minutes have to include all topics of conversations, not just be cherry picked? How do you enforce this?

How about New York? Our Bylaws state once a year but beyond that are there any additional requirements?

The minutes of a board meeting once approved become the legal record of action taken by the board at that ,eeting. It should not include anything that cannot be classified as an action of the board. Chit chatpoff hand remarks and opinions have no place in the minutes. In case of a law suit the court will use the approved minuites as evidence and will discard anything that is included that is not an actyion that the bhoard took.