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title: Who pays HOA assessment obligations - old or new unit owners?
description: Who pays condo association assessments - the old or new unit owners?
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# [Who pays HOA assessment obligations - old or new unit owners?](https://www.condoassociation.com/blog/tabid/19257/bid/73550/Who-pays-HOA-assessment-obligations-old-or-new-unit-owners.aspx)

 Written by [stephen polinsky](https://www.condoassociation.com/blog/author/stephen-polinsky) | Tue, Dec 6, 2011 @ 01:57 PM

If a special assessment is in place, and some unit owners have paid in a lump sum, and other have elected payment monthly over a few years, what happens if a unit sells? Does the remaining monthly assessment follow the unit owner or the new buyer? Thanks.

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