HOA Information and Documents Florida Recorded Document Search - Visit the county recorder's office where the property is located to find an association's Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&Rs), Amendments to CC&Rs, Bylaws, Lien Notices, HOA Notices, Plats, Maps, and other community documents.
In Florida, the statute of limitations for breach of contract (such as violating your HOA covenants) is five years. The time period within which the HOA could enforce the covenant has expired, at least as it pertains to those patios that were built more than five years ago.
Florida homeowner associations have the authority to regulate common areas, collect charges to maintain these areas, enforce community covenants, and impose fines or liens against non-compliant homeowners, all within the limits of Florida law and their own governing documents.
HOAs must be registered with the state as a corporation and must file all governing documents in the official records of the county in which the community is located. While they must file with the county government, homeowners' associations in Florida are not governed by a government agency.
“As of July 1, HOAs will be prohibited from banning common-sense parking, fining residents for leaving garbage cans out on trash day, creating rules for the inside of structures or backyards (like prohibitions against gardens or clotheslines) that can't be seen from the street, neighboring property or common area, and ...
You might be shocked to learn that, yes, just like a bank, a homeowners association (HOA) can foreclose on a home. This type of action affects thousands of Florida homeowners, sometimes over minor amounts of overdue memberships dues and late fees every year.
The Florida Homeowners' Association Act, Chapter 720 of the Florida Statutes, states that amendments to “governing documents” for homeowners' associations are not effective until they are recorded in the public records of the county in which the community is located.
17D-3. - Community associations required to register. The name of the community association, which shall include the name registered with the Florida Division of Corporations in addition to any fictitious names that the community association utilizes.
Public Records Requests However, if you are unable to locate the records online, you may submit a Public Records Request form. This form may be submitted by mail to Records Management, Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts, P.O. Box 14695, Miami, FL 33101 or by email to cocpubreq@miamidade.
Copies of the Articles of Incorporation and bylaws of the homeowners association can be obtained from the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Copies of the governing documents may also be obtained directly from the homeowners association.