WUCIOA - What is it, and why should my community association care? Topic 3 - Restrictions on Use

April 20th, 2018
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Valerie Farris Oman
WUCIOA makes restrictions on use easier to adopted, like rental caps and smoking bans (But this is not legal advice for your specific association) The Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (WUCIOA) is a new law that takes effect on July 1,… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws, Governing Documents, HOAs, WUCIOA
Tags: CC&Rs, community association, condo, condo association, condominium, condominium act, condominium association, condominium law, declaration, governing documents, HOA, homeowners association, new act, old act, rental, restriction on use, washington state, washington uniform common interest ownership act, wucioa

WUCIOA - What is it, and why should my community association care? Topic 2 - Association Records

April 19th, 2018
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Valerie Farris Oman
WUCIOA has much more detail about records and owners’ rights to access them. (But this is not legal advice for your specific association) The Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (WUCIOA) is a new law that takes effect on July 1, 2018.… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws, Records, WUCIOA
Tags: association records, community association, condo, condo association, condominium, condominium act, condominium association, condominium law, HOA, homeowners association, new act, old act, records, washington state, washington uniform common interest ownership act, wucioa

Standard of Care for Boards

October 16th, 2010
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Valerie Farris Oman
Owners and Board members are often confused about what standard of care the law imposes on Board members, and with good reason. The Condominium Act (the “New Act”) imposes one standard of care upon Board members, but that standard of care also ap… Read More
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Categories: Board Conduct
Tags: board member, board of directors, condominium act, good faith, ordinary care, reasonable care, standard of care

Super Priority Lien Basics

October 13th, 2010
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Valerie Farris Oman
A lien is a document that records a debt, using a condo unit as collateral for the debt. Ordinarily, a lien against real estate has “priority” based on the date the lien is recorded. Once a lien is recorded, it becomes next in line to any liens p… Read More
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Categories: Collections
Tags: assessments, collections, condominium act, horizontal property regimes act, lien priority, new act, old act, super priority lien

Notice & Opportunity to be Heard

September 16th, 2010
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Valerie Farris Oman
Over the past several weeks, we have dealt with many questions about the proper procedure to follow when issuing fines against owners who do not comply with association rules. One important requirement that many associations do not know about or unde… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws
Tags: condominium act, due process, fine, governing documents, hearing, noncompliance fine, notice, notice and opportunity to be heard, procedure

Introduction to Community Association Laws

July 1st, 2010
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Valerie Farris Oman
Welcome to the Condominium Law Group Blog! Welcome to the newly minted Condominium Law Group, PLLC blog. We are the newest condo law blog in Washington State, and we are excited to provide our readers with valuable information in the field of communi… Read More
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Categories: Condominium Laws
Tags: community association law, condo law, condominium act, condominium law, HOA, homeowners association, new act, old act, rcw, revised code of washington