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What types of coverage should my homeowner’s insurance policy provide?

July 31st, 2010

What types of coverage should my homeowner’s insurance policy provide?

Be careful defending home from intruder

February 13th, 2010

As seen in The Arizona Republic
by: Jeremy Geigle
Your Home and the Law is authored by the attorneys at JacksonWhite Attorneys at Law and addresses legal issues that arise for renters, homeowners and neighborhoods. Have a question related to your home or community? Send your questions to firm@jacksonwhitelaw.com.
Q: If an intruder were to enter my home,

Purchasing Tax Liens to Recover Delinquent Assessments

October 31st, 2009

Click the question for an answer from Clint Goodman as featured on AZ Central and The Arizona Republic.
QUESTION:  I hear that purchasing tax liens are one creative way to recover delinquent assessments but read somewhere that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.  What do you think?

HOA Towing Vehicles without Warning

October 24th, 2009

Click the question for an answer from Clint Goodman as featured on AZ Central and The Arizona Republic.
QUESTION: Can my HOA tow vehicles parked overnight on the streets without providing any warning to the homeowners?

Violations Should Be Dealt with in a Timely Manner

October 17th, 2009

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QUESTION: Can my association lose its ability to enforce a violation if it does not do so for a long time?

Easement by Prescription

October 10th, 2009

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QUESTION:  We have a private sidewalk in our community that for eight or nine years has been used as a golf cart passage for our Homeowners.  Would “Easement by Prescription” come into play for this issue.

Can HOAs Require Banks to Pay Assessments of Prior Owners?

October 3rd, 2009

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QUESTION:  Can you please clarify what you meant in your article a few weeks ago when you said a bank that now owns the title to a property may be responsible for prior, unpaid HOA assessments? I don’t

Amending the Bylaws

September 26th, 2009

Click the question for an answer from Clint Goodman as featured on AZ Central and The Arizona Republic.
QUESTION:  Does the Condominium Act require a board of directors to obtain membership approval to amend the bylaws?  Our board amended the bylaws to allow only resident homeowners to serve on the board.

CC&Rs and Conflicting Provisions

September 19th, 2009

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QUESTION: Our condominium association is rather old.  I think we were built in the early 1980s.  Our CC&Rs (Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions) are just as old so naturally some of the provisions conflict with the new statutes.  But, I

CC&Rs and Conflicting Provisions

September 19th, 2009

Click the question for an answer from Clint Goodman as featured on AZ Central and The Arizona Republic.
QUESTION: Our condominium association is rather old.  I think we were built in the early 1980s.  Our CC&Rs (Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions) are just as old so naturally some of the provisions conflict with the new statutes.  But, I