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. 

Fixing Improper Board Decisions

January 2nd, 2013
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
It’s important to make sure your association’s board of directors makes decisions following proper procedure. But what do you do if your board doesn’t? There are several ways to validate board decisions after the fact. The way to fix an imp… Read More
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Categories: Board Conduct
Tags: board decision, board of directors, condo, condo association, condominium, HOA, homeowners association, ratify, vote, washington state

Carbon Monoxide Detectors

December 26th, 2012
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
Condominium associations homeowners need to be aware of Washington’s carbon monoxide alarm law! Although the law was passed in 2009, it requires that all buildings classified as residential occupancies (which includes condominiums) be equipped with… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws
Tags: carbon monoxide, condo association, condominium, condominium association, detector, homeowners association, multi family, residential, single family, washington law, washington state

What's in Your Governing Documents?

November 8th, 2012
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
Washington law contains numerous provisions containing restrictions and requirements on COAs and HOAs. In many cases, however, the law contains a minimum requirement only and defers to the more specific provisions of the governing documents. For a pr… Read More
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Categories: Governing Documents
Tags: condo association, condominium, declaration, governing documents, HOA, washington state

When Board Members Go Rogue

November 5th, 2012
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
Sometimes, board members don’t follow the rules. A board member might speak out of turn at meetings or dominate the floor; might take actions without consulting other board members or in direct conflict with a board decision; or might even hide or… Read More
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Categories: Board Conduct
Tags: board, board of directors, condo, condominium association, duty, HOA, homeowners association, washington state

Board of Directors Resignation

November 2nd, 2012
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
Imagine this scenario: your association’s entire board of directors decides they are fed up with being board members, and all resign at the same time, leaving your association with no board at all. Or, imagine that, one by one, each board member re… Read More
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Categories: Board Conduct
Tags: board, board conduct, board of directors, condo, condominium association, duty of care, HOA, homeowners association, washington state

Resale Certificates

October 29th, 2012
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
A resale certificate is a document that a unit owner must provide to the purchaser before they can sell their condominium unit. Any unit owner who wishes to sell his or her unit needs to be aware of the resale certificate requirements. These requirem… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws
Tags: condo, condominium, resale certificate, washington state

Adopting a Budget

October 25th, 2012
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
Many condominium and homeowners’ associations are preparing their annual budgets this time of year. Association members, as well as the association’s board of directors, need to be aware of the laws applicable to community association budgets. A… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws, HOAs
Tags: adopt a budget, budget, budget meeting, condo, condo association, condominium, HOA, homeowners association, washington state

Bank of America Foreclosures in Washington State

October 23rd, 2012
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
For many months, we’ve seen that Bank of America foreclosures have been completely stalled. There are a number of reasons for this, not the least of which is the fact that BOA took over a multitude of sub-prime loans when Countrywide went belly… Read More
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Categories: Collections
Tags: bank of america, condo association, condominium, delinquency, foreclosure, HOA, washington state

Recording Fee Increase!

October 12th, 2012
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
You may have already noticed that recording fees in King County have gone up! Effective September 1, 2012, recording fees are now $72.00 for the first page of your document (an increase of $10.00) and $1.00 for every page thereafter. Follow this link… Read More
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Categories: Blog

Upcoming Condo Law Webinars

October 11th, 2012
Posted By
Valerie Farris Oman
If you missed this morning’s webinar “New Budget Process for HOAs and New Act Condos“, you’ll be able to listen to the playback shortly by visiting the Webinars page of our firm website. All of our previous webinars are archiv… Read More
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Categories: webinars
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