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title: Our HOA bylaws were never signed or recorded
description: I recently began reading all governing documents. Does it matter if our by laws document was never signed or recorded and it is 13 years past the declaration being part of association?  Is it binding?  Can we record it now?
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# Our HOA bylaws were never signed or recorded

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I recently began reading all governing documents. Does it matter if our bylaws document were never signed or recorded and it is 13 years past the declaration being part of association?  Is it binding?  Can we record it now?

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