Articles

21st Century Issues

• ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN COLORADO – OPTIONS FOR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS TO REGULATE ADUs
• Social Distancing in the age of Social Media
• Getting Personal: Cyber and Data Security in Colorado Common Interest Communities
• A Guide to Swelling Soil for Colorado Homeowner Associations
• Carbon Monoxide Alarms Required in Homes, Condominiums and Townhomes
• Frequently Asked Questions Relating to Colorado Owner Associations
• How to Protect Owner Associations and Their Members Against Fraud and Embezzlement
• New Urbanism
• Stormwater Management and Colorado Owner Associations
• DON’T LET THE BEDBUGS BITE – The Responsibilities of HOAs in Attached Home Communities
• Consensus Building for Community Associations
• Marijuana and HOAs – What Can HOAs Do?

Amendments to Governing Documents

• Are Your Governing Documents Putting Your Community At Risk?
• Court Approved Declaration Amendments

Assessment Collections

• Assessment Collections through County Court Lawsuits
• Bankruptcy of Owners and Effective Association Assessment Collections
• Foreclosure Timetable
• HOA Collection Policy Requirements and Collections Limitations (HB13-1276)
• Judicial Foreclosure Authorization Form
• Late Fees Q&A
• Lien Priorities in Colorado
• Lien Priorities, Lender Foreclsoures and Assessment Lien Foreclosures
• Military Homeowners and Limitations on Collection of Assessments
• Owner Association Judicial Lien Foreclosure A Valuable Collection Tool
• Re-Imposition of Assessment Not Permitted in Utah Q: What Would Happen in Colorado?
• Receivership’s As a Means of Collecting Association Assessments

Board Duties and Responsibilities

• How to Take Minutes for Annual and Special Meetings
• Board Member Duties and Liabilities in Colorado Owner Associations
• Robert’s Rules of Order and Application to Colorado Owner Associations

Community Association Manager Licensing Rules

Covenant Enforcement

• Covenant Enforcement in Common Interest Communities
• Drafting and Revising Rules, Regulations, Policies and Procedures
• Is Spring Covenant Enforcement Season?
• Owner Associations in Small Claims Court

Fair Housing

• Fair Housing Law – What is Required of Owner Associations?
• HUD Updates its Guidelines Relating to Emotional Support Animals

General Information

• Terminating a Colorado Common Interest Community – A Checklist
• Association Records: Which Are Available to Owners?
• Checklist for Buying a Condominium – What you Should Know Before you Buy
• D&O Insurance & Why Its Important
• Free Speech and Assembly on Common Elements?
• HOA Employee Termination Checklist
• Homeowner Associations, Construction Defect Claims and Roles of Key Persons
• Records Retention Checklist
• The 5 Most Important Things to Consider When Buying a Home in an HOA

HOA Information Office and Resource Center

• 2018 Annual Report of the HOA Information Office and Resource Center

Manager & Management Company

Media Relations

• Community Controversies and the Media

Rules & Regulations

• Drafting and Revising Rules, Regulations, Policies and Procedures
• Solar Panels Allowed Despite Express or ACC Covenants
• Xeriscaping and Water Conservation in Common Interest Communities (SB 13-183)

Meetings & Governance

• Virtual Meetings in the Era of Social Distancing – and Beyond!
• Governance and Other Policies Required for Most Colorado HOAs
• Association Annual Reporting Requirements
• Effective Governance of Colorado Owner Associations
• Meetings, Notices For Meetings, Elections and Proxies in Colorado Owner Associations
• Resolving Conflict Before it Escalates

Select Reported Appellate Court Cases

• Evergreen Highlands Association v. West
• Garfink v. The Cloisters at Charles Inc.
• Hudson House Condominium Association, Inc. v. Michael B. BROOKS et al.
• Swan Creek Village v. Alicia Warne

Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act

• Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act

Nonprofit Act

• The Colorado Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act