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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

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QUESTION: My HOA has many homes that are now bank-owned.  Are those banks responsible for the prior HOA fines and unpaid assessments owed on the property from the prior owner?

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QUESTION: I live in an HOA with a park and pool but our CC&Rs do not say how the HOA board can regulate the use of these areas. I am concerned because someone might get hurt or injured

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Question:  I am having trouble getting information from my homeowners association.  When I contact the management company, they say they do not have information.  No minutes are given out at meetings and only the board is allowed to speak. 

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Question:  I am having trouble getting information from my homeowners association.  When I contact the management company, they say they do not have information.  No minutes are given out at meetings and only the board is allowed to speak. 

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by: Clint Goodman
QUESTION:  I am a police officer with a “take home” patrol car.  The CC&Rs in my neighborhood say I cannot park my patrol car on my driveway. I came home the other day and found a “notice of violation” from the HOA on my door.  The notice says

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by: Clint Goodman
QUESTION:  I bought my home about two years ago in what I thought was an RV friendly community.  The HOA gave me a copy of CC&Rs when I bought my house.  Those CC&Rs allowed owners to store their RVs on the side of their lots, which I have

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by: Clint Goodman
QUESTION:  Several homeowners in our HOA have solar panels.  Most of the solar panels are on rooftops but I know of at least one homeowner whose solar panels are mounted on a stand-alone tower reaching over 50 feet high into the air.  I’d like to know if the

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by: Clint Goodman
QUESTION:  I understand that Arizona lawmakers passed a law that allows me to file a complaint I have on an HOA matter with the Department of Fire, Building and Life Safety (DFBLS) for a speedy “administrative” ruling.  I’d rather go the administrative route as it is less costly

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by: Clint Goodman
QUESTION:  I installed a playset in my backyard about three years ago.  My CC&Rs say that all improvements must be approved by the association before installation and that things in my backyard must be below the fence line.  I installed the playset without getting it approved and it