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Community Association Law Definition
Community Association Law refers to the body of law that
applies to common interest developments, including condominiums, planned
developments, stock co-ops, homeowner associations, and commercial property
owner associations.
The practice of community association law includes, among
other things:
Creating common interest developments, preparation of
governing documents, review, revision, and amendment of governing documents.
Updating documents from time to time to comply with
statutory changes.
Representing boards of directors of common interest
development associations.
Representing members of common interest development
association.
Writing opinion letters for boards of directors or members
of associations, interpreting governing documents, and advising boards on
enforcement of governing documents.
Assisting boards in collecting assessments or imposing
discipline on members for violation of governing documents.
Advising associations with respect to contracts (management,
landscaping, maintenance).
Counseling associations with respect to performance of
statutory duties imposed upon associations.
Representing associations in defective design and
construction lawsuits.
Attending board meetings and general membership meetings as
counsel for the board of directors of an association.
Lawyers whose practice is largely devoted to community
association law are most likely to be members of the community association
institute (CAI), and leading practitioners of community association law may be
elected to membership in the College of Community Association Lawyers.
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