Condominium and HOA rules are state law. These are the provisions we have verified for Florida, Texas, California and Arizona: each answer quotes the statute word for word, links the official text and shows when we last checked it against that text.
The statutes differ by state and by type of association: the Florida and Arizona pages quote the condominium statutes, the Texas pages the property owners' association chapter, the California pages the Davis-Stirling Act on common interest developments. A rule of one state says nothing about another.
For the annual meeting of a Florida condominium association, the written notice must include an agenda and be mailed, hand delivered or electronically transmitted to each unit owner at least 14 days before the meeting.
In a residential condominium board election there is no quorum requirement. The election is decided by a plurality of the ballots cast, but at least 20 percent of the eligible voters must cast a ballot for the election to be…
A Florida condominium association may conduct elections and other unit owner votes through an Internet-based online voting system if the unit owner consents, electronically or in writing, and if the statute's conditions are met.
A residential condominium association must have a structural integrity reserve study completed at least every 10 years for each building three habitable stories or higher.
In a Texas property owners' association an owner's vote may be cast in person or by proxy at a meeting, by absentee ballot, by electronic ballot, or by any method of representative or delegated voting provided by a dedicatory…
A payment received by a Texas property owners' association is applied in this order: delinquent assessments, current assessments, attorney's fees or third-party collection costs tied to assessments or other charges that can…
Since 1 January 2025, a California association may adopt an election operating rule that lets it use an inspector or inspectors of elections to run an election by electronic secret ballot.
