Laws Archive - Page 19 of 48 - Educational Community for Homeowners (ECHO)

How to Adopt Accrual Basis Financial Statements for Your HOA

Accrual basis accounting gives a more complete picture of a homeowners association’s health and financial status than cash basis, making board members increasingly interested in converting their HOA’s financial statements […]

Kids In Condos

Published in the ECHO Journal, January 2011 When I volunteered to become a board member many years ago, no one could have prepared me for the challenges that lay ahead. […]

The Majority Rules

Published in the ECHO Journal, January 2011 What if the Minority Won’t Stop Fighting? Majority rules. That is the simple but essential concept on which a democracy rests, and it […]

Executive Sessions: Documentation and Minutes

Published in the ECHO Journal, January 2011 Many people are unaware that the term “executive session” does not appear anywhere in the California Corporations Code. This is because, for most […]

Planning and Paying for Major Reconstruction in Your HOA

Homeowner associations are tasked with maintaining the property of the community, and this often entails extensive reconstruction with hefty price tags. Learn how to manage your HOAs money to determine […]

2010 Statute and Case Law Update Part II: Case Law Developments

Published in the ECHO Journal, February 2011 Introduction This article provides a summary of statutory and case law developments for the calendar year 2010. Part I, printed in the January […]

Simplified Cash Management for CID Directors

Published in the ECHO Journal, March 2011 Cash management means maximizing the use of association funds to the best possible advantage. It involves income, expenditures and investments. It includes speedier […]

More Certainty Expected from FHA

Published in the ECHO Journal, March 2011 This article has been printed previously in the February 2011 issue of Community Essentials, the newsletter distributed by Hindman Sanchez, and is used […]

Eco-Friendly Landscaping in HOAs: Design for Water Conservation

“Go green” might be a rally cry for associations trying to polish their environmentally-friendly image, but moving towards sustainable resources goes beyond minimizing environmental impact and boosting public relations. For […]

Planning For The Future: The Restated Davis-Stirling CID Act

Published in the ECHO Journal, March 2011 Editor’s Note: This article was originally commissioned by the California Association of Community Managers and is written for a community manager audience. The […]

Spring Into Maintenance

Published in the ECHO Journal, April 2011 A Guide to Sleuthing Winter is passed; now it’s time to get out and perform your first bi-yearly maintenance inspection. Early inspections will […]

When Is A Homeowner’s Association Like Wisconsin?

Wisconsin’s Quorum Trick The Wisconsin Democrats in the State Legislature employed a clever technique—denying a quorum—to prevent the legislature from adopting an anti-labor law. The Wisconsin Republicans responded with their […]

§4610 – Partition of a Condominium Project

§4605 – Violation of Transfer Provisions

§4600 – Granting of Exclusive Use of Common Area

Article 4. Restrictions on Transfer (§4600-§4615)

§4580 – Application of Transfer Fee Restrictions

§4575 – Restriction of Transfer Fees

Article 3. Transfer Fee (§4575-§4580)

§4545 – Validity of Title

§4540 – Penalty for Violation of Article

§4535 – Additional Requirements