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Community Update

January 2019

In this Issue

Welcome to 2019! We hope that your year is off to a wonderful start. In this issue we hit the ground running so that you can rest assured your association is beginning the new year on a high note.

Don’t commit a party foul! This month’s featured article, Performing Rights for Organizations and Associations, digs into the do’s and don’ts when using copyrighted material at your next association gathering.

Penalties for Financial Reporting Violations, explores the consequences of an association’s failure to comply with a request from the Division of Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes with regard to providing its annual financial report.

Avoiding Defense of Selective Enforcement draws on relevant case law examples to discuss owners who find themselves on the wrong side of a covenant enforcement action.

Some associations are still not complying with the new laws on Estoppel Certificates. Find out what is required and the necessary steps to take in our last article, Estoppel Certificates.

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We look forward to another fantastic year together.

Marilyn J. Perez-Martinez, Editor

  • Penalties for Financial Reporting Violations

    In 2018, the Florida Legislature revised a provision within the Condominium Act concerning financial reporting.  Specifically, if a condominium association fails to comply with a request from the Division of Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes (the “Division”) regarding providing a …

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  • Avoiding Defense of Selective Enforcement

    A common defense raised by owners who find themselves on the wrong side of a covenant enforcement action is to allege an association’s failure to enforce the covenant at issue against all violators and instead only selectively enforcing it. The …

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  • Estoppel Certificates

    Some associations are still not complying with the new laws on Estoppel Certificates which is required of condominiums, cooperatives, and homeowners associations. Prior to July 1, 2017, you only had to provide the prospective purchaser with information about the monies …

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Did you know?

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