Condominium Law Group's passion and practice is the representation of condominium and homeowner associations. We also assist individual community members resolve disputes with their associations. We are industry leaders and provide cost-effective services and practical, innovative solutions to our clients.

We are always responsive to our clients' needs, and offer our clients the personal and individualized attention necessary to address and resolve their legal matters. When clients call our firm, they speak directly to one of our available attorneys. We make it a priority to promptly reply to written inquiries from clients. We listen to our clients to identify their goals and to fully understand the important issues involved.

One of our priorities is providing educational opportunities to condominium and homeowners associations, association managers, and community members. We are frequent presenters at industry events, and our intention is for our blog to serve as an extension of our commitment to education. 

FHA Recertification Deadlines

December 9th, 2010
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
We received an email this week from CAI regarding a change in the FHA recertification process for condominiums. As many of you may know, all FHA approvals granted prior to October, 2008 were scheduled to expire on December 7, 2010. FHA has decided to… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws
Tags: association, condo, condominium, fha, fha approval, recertification

Can Your Board Vote via E-mail?

December 8th, 2010
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
Our clients often ask us if it is permissible for boards to vote on association business via e-mail. We have even heard of association boards that do not meet in person at all, but conduct all business via e-mail. Although doing business this way may… Read More
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Categories: Board Conduct
Tags: board, board meeting, board of directors, board vote, decision, meeting, real time, unanimous, vote, vote by e-mail, voting

Who Pays for Limited Common Element Maintenance?

December 3rd, 2010
Posted By
Ken Harer
Today I was asked again about whether the waterproof coating on a limited common element deck was the unit owner’s responsibility or the condo association’s responsibility. The answer depends on your specific condominium declaration, and depends… Read More
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Categories: Governing Documents
Tags: CC&Rs, cleaning, deck, declaration, governing documents, limited common element, maintenance, payment, repair, responsibility

Upcoming Condo Law Webinars

December 2nd, 2010
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
We have one more 2010 webinar scheduled at 10am on December 8, 2010. We have also scheduled webinars at 10am on January 5, 2011, February 9, 2011 and March 9, 2011. You can sign up for them by clicking on the links below. You can also view all previo… Read More
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Categories: webinars
Tags: webinars

Smoking in Condominiums

November 30th, 2010
Posted By
Ken Harer
In preparing for a presentation I will be doing this January, I have done a bit of research into whether condo associations can prohibit smoking within their communities. Condo associations almost always have the ability to restrict smoking in common… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws
Tags: restriction on use, smoking, smoking in unit

What’s in a Name?

November 18th, 2010
Posted By
Ken Harer
This week I was asked to review a construction contract valued at about $50,000. In addition to problems because the contract was written by the contractor with very favorable terms for the contractor, we discovered that the association used the wron… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws
Tags: CC&Rs, corporate name, corporation, declaration

FHA Recertification

November 15th, 2010
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
We’ve received a number of calls recently about FHA recertification for condominiums. This is due in large part to the December 7, 2010 deadline for recertification of many of the condominiums in Washington. Certification for all condominiums appro… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws
Tags: certfication, fha, recertification

Compliance with the Red Flags Rule

November 9th, 2010
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
The “Red Flags” Rule is a regulation which will go into effect December 31, 2010 and which will apply to all “financial institutions” and “creditors” with “covered accounts.” “Creditors” are defined as: any person who regularly ex… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws
Tags: cai, credit, financial, FTC, identity theft, red flags rule

Congratulations to Ken Harer, New Member of the College of Community Association Lawyers

November 2nd, 2010
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
Congratulations to Ken Harer, the founder and managing member of Condominium Law Group, PLLC, who has been inducted into the College of Community Association Lawyers (CCAL)! The CCAL was established by the Community Associations Institute (CAI) and c… Read More
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Categories: Community Associations Institute
Tags: cai, Collect of Community Association Lawyers, community associations institute, member, membership

Do the New Federal Regulations on Old Lead Based Paint Affect Your Association?

October 29th, 2010
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
To protect against the harm which can be caused by lead-based paint, new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) affecting apartments and condominiums took effect April 22, 2010. These regulations may apply to repair and maintenanc… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws
Tags: epa, lead based paint, regulations, renovations
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