Latest Legal Updates
Latest Legal Updates
HOA and condominium association legislation, court rulings and regulatory changes across every state, the District of Columbia and federal law — newest first.
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New Mexico's veteran property tax exemption more than doubled — and now follows a home into a trust
Two enacted bills raised the veteran exemption from $4,000 to $10,000 with inflation indexing, made the disabled-veteran exemption proportional to disability rating, and extended eligibility to trust-held title.
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North Dakota eviction records can now be sealed, and screening files go stale with them
SB 2238 created N.D.C.C. § 47-32-05, letting a person move to seal eviction records seven years after the order is satisfied — which changes what an association can find out.
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Four Oklahoma cities have no short-term rental rule at all, and one killed its rental registry
Edmond, Bixby, Jenks and Bartlesville regulate short-term rentals not at all; Bartlesville registers every residential rental; and Midwest City repealed its general rental registration programme in 2014.
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Every New York condo, co-op and HOA board has until June 2027 to strip unlawful covenants — and owners get no vote
Real Property Law § 327-a took effect June 3, 2026. It orders boards to delete or amend unlawful restrictions in their recorded documents within one year, expressly without the approval of property owners.
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Montana tightened emotional support animal documentation — for landlords, not HOAs
Senate Bill 149, Chapter 360 of the 2025 Laws, requires supporting information for an emotional support animal to come from a practitioner with personal knowledge and to carry a license number, and says a purchased registration is not sufficient by itself.
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Nevada boards can now cap rentals by rule, not by owner vote
Since July 1, 2026, NRS 116.335 lets an association adopt rules restricting or prohibiting leasing where the restriction is reasonably related to lender or insurer underwriting requirements — and the old owner protections in that section are gone.
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The Attorney General registers only half of you
Pennsylvania requires planned communities to register with the Office of Attorney General and deposit financial security there. There is no parallel registration for condominiums — the Commonwealth’s only registration touchpoint reaches one statute and one moment.
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Small claims court stays open for Ohio HOA dues
Millbrook v. Wills reverses a municipal court that dismissed an association's collection suit for want of jurisdiction — chapter 5312 neither expands nor limits R.C. 1901.18(A), and collection costs and fees come with it.
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Reported: lot rent nearly doubled at a Hopkinton park, and the AG is investigating
The Attorney General's Consumer Protection Bureau opened an investigation after residents of the Meadows of Hopkinton said a new out-of-state owner raised incoming-buyer lot rent from $680 to $1,285 and collapsed the resale market.
Read the full updateThe antenna rule most New Mexico boards have never read puts the burden on the association
Under 47 CFR 1.4000 an association that restricts a covered antenna must prove its restriction does not impair installation or use — and since 2021 the rule reaches fixed-wireless hub and relay antennas.
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No Rhode Island regulator has jurisdiction over your condo board
The Attorney General has never held a private Rhode Island association to be a “public body” under the open-records or open-meetings laws, and no state agency licenses or oversees association managers — while a chartered fire district next door is fully covered.
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Two New Jersey rulings close off common defenses to assessment judgments
Cedar Crossing v. Clark and 511 Willow Avenue v. Kiely rejected arguments that a non-functioning board deprives collection counsel of authority, that privity is lacking, and that a setoff or a 19-month delay excuses a default judgment.
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Pleading in contract no longer kills a builder's defect coverage
In Twigg v. Admiral Insurance, the Oregon Supreme Court held that whether damage was caused by an 'accident' under a CGL policy turns on whether there is a basis in fact for tort liability — not on how the underlying claim was pleaded.
Read the full updateYour association can now bill the city back for a year of property taxes
The Oklahoma Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2026, effective November 1, lets a property owner in a city over 130,000 claim compensation where the city declines to enforce laws on camping, loitering or public nuisance — and an association holding fee title to common areas qualifies.
Read the full updateNine North Dakota homeowner property tax bills died in 2025, one of them 86-5 then 0-46
From valuation caps to homestead credit rewrites to ending residential tax lien foreclosure, the 2025 session defeated every major homeowner property tax measure — including one that cleared the House 86-5.
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Mississippi's squatter-removal law is in force, and nobody knows where to file
The Real Property Owners Protection Act took effect July 1, 2025 as a new Title 89, Chapter 10. An Attorney General opinion in January 2026 declined to say whether a constable counts as the law enforcement agency an owner must file the affidavit with.
Read the full updateThe cheapest New York City compliance item your board is probably still missing is due December 31
Every building with a parapet fronting a public right-of-way needs an annual observation, regardless of height. The rule expressly allows a bricklayer, superintendent or handyman to perform it, and nothing is filed with DOB.
Read the full updateAlbuquerque caps cool-season grass at 10 percent. For a condo development it is 20.
Multi-family development in Albuquerque carries its own landscape standards in addition to the general ones — a 20 percent cool-season grass allowance, and a requirement that living plants cover 75 percent of the landscaped area.
Read the full updateThe Ohio Supreme Court decided no association case this term
Across 2025 and 2026 the state's high court produced no merit decision on covenants, condominium law or association governance — leaving twelve appellate districts to disagree, and one condominium case now pending.
Read the full updateMontana's property insurance study report is due September 15
House Joint Resolution 61 ordered an interim study of Montana's property insurance market, and its legislative findings — second-highest catastrophic wildfire risk in the nation, 44.3 percent cumulative rate increases — are the record a 2027 bill would build on.
Read the full updateThe private-road cost-sharing default died 13-0
HB 1057 would have supplied default maintenance cost-sharing, 30-day notice and a fee-shifting enforcement route for private roads where no active homeowners association exists — the House killed it on February 5, 2026.
Read the full updateNo statewide inspection mandate anywhere
Pennsylvania has enacted no condominium structural-inspection or reserve-study requirement, and no bill proposing one exists in either of the last two sessions. The only inspection mandate reaching multi-storey residential buildings is a Philadelphia façade ordinance from 2010.
Read the full updateNew Jersey HOA members can claim severance damages when a shared beach is condemned
In State (DEP) v. 2.150 Acres of Land the Appellate Division held individual homeowners with non-exclusive easements over an association-owned beach lot retain a beneficial ownership interest and may pursue severance damages before a jury.
Read the full updateNevada has put its entire HOA dispute-resolution bench out to bid
The Real Estate Division has two open solicitations for the mediator panel and the referee/arbitrator panel that hear Nevada common-interest community disputes under NRS 38, both released in October 2025 with open submission deadlines.
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