Read your governing documents to determine the protocol and process for how elections are held in your association.
You can find a copy in the association's business archives, or obtain one from the association manager -- probably for a production fee.
The governing documents for the association will hold the answer to your question: there is no standard answer.
Your attorney can help you answer this question, since it requires a legal answer.
Yes.You can request the status of the association from the Secretary of State where the association is located.
Absolutely, yes. The association may be incorporated as a profit, not for profit, or an unincorporated association.
State Farm, Progressive and Geico are some well known companies that offer condo association insurance policies. There are local and lesser known companies such as Melendez Insurance that offer condo association insurance policies also.
Only if the Condo Association allows it. It could otherwise fine you.
Yes.
no but trying to If a condo owner falls more than 90 days in arrears of association, the right to use common areas can be suspended by the association until such dues are paid.
Fiile a noise complaint with the Condo association and if that doesn't work, the local police department.Added: Loud noises from whom or what? The Condo Association MAY have control over some annoyances but for others you may need the police (as advised above). Speak to your Condo Board of DIrectors to see if they can assist you.
You'll need to be more clear about what's going on here. The "condominium" is a building. It can't "foreclose". The condo association can't "foreclose" on you either, since they don't hold title Only the title holder (i.e. your lending institution) can foreclose on the property.What the condo association can do is obtain a lien against the property. This is money you owe them, and if you try to sell the property, they're allowed to collect the amount of the lien out of the proceeds before you see a dime. If the lender forecloses on you, the lien from the condo association doesn't go away; you still owe it, but in this case the condo association will probably take you to court to recover it, most likely by garnishing your wages unless you have sufficient assets to pay it off.
Yes. Your association counsel can guide you as to which documents must be filed and where each should be deposited.
You hire an association-savvy attorney in your state who tailors the state's condominium law -- if there is one -- to fit you, the developer's, business objectives. The original association documents include the language to protect the developer's initial interests, and also includes the language the original buyers will use as the foundation for their governing documents. Usually, the association is a non-profit corporation within your state -- but it could be a profit corporation if the association owns amenities that it rents out, such as a golf course. Your association-savvy attorney can help you understand how to define, craft, file and operate a condominium owners association.