Condo Q&A

Two months late with condo fee gets owners a lien against property

Written by stephen polinsky | Wed, Jul 11, 2012 @ 12:18 PM

On September 2011, our board of managers made a decision that any owner who was two months late with their maintenance fees would be subject to a lien on their property. In September 2011 we were only one month late, yet the board went ahead and filed a lien on our property. They also filed the lien for more than twice what we owe. One of the board members really dislikes us and has caused many problems for us. Our lawyer is already going after the attorneys for the board for violations of the FDCPA in the threatening letter they sent us regarding the lien and money the board wrongfully stated we owe. My question is, can we also sue the board for filing the lien on our property for more than we owe and for filing the lien on us when we only owed one month when they just made a board decision to file liens for owners who owed 2 months or more.