Texas HOA & Condo Laws
Texas governs HOAs through the Property Owners Association Act (Property Code Chapter 207) and condominiums through the Uniform Condominium Act (Property Code Chapter 82). The HOA resale certificate (§207.003) carries a 60-day currency period; the condominium resale certificate (§82.157) carries a 90-day currency period with a separate five-day purchaser cancellation right under §82.156.
How HOAs and condominium associations charge, collect, and enforce regular and special assessments. Covers dues billing, delinquency notices, late fees, lien filing, judicial and non-judicial foreclosure, statute of limitations, and …
Ballots →
TRPOPA voting-mechanics rule. Votes on specified matters — including board elections, assessment increases, and removal of board members — must be cast "in writing and …
Foreclosure Sale Prohibited in Certain Circumstances →
TRPOPA foreclosure-bar statute. A property owners' association cannot foreclose an assessment lien when the debt is composed solely of fines assessed by the association, attorney's …
Prerequisites to Foreclosure: Notice and Opportunity to Cure for Certain Other Lienholders →
TRPOPA junior-lienholder protection. Before a property owners' association may foreclose its assessment lien, it must send written notice of the delinquency amount by certified mail …
Assessment Lien Filing →
TRPOPA pre-lien notice statute. Before filing an assessment lien against a property owner, a Texas POA must provide two separate notices of delinquency: first by …
Powers of Unit Owners’ Association →
Enumerates the TUCA condominium association's powers. The board may adopt and amend bylaws and budgets for revenues, expenditures, and reserves unless the declaration provides otherwise. …
Meetings →
Open-meeting rule for TUCA condominium associations. Annual meetings of the unit owners are mandatory; special meetings may be called by the president, a majority of …
Association’s Lien for Assessments →
The TUCA assessment lien. An assessment levied by a condominium association is a personal obligation of the unit owner and a continuing lien on the …
Board and owner meeting requirements — open meeting mandates, advance notice periods, agenda requirements, minimum owner comment periods, executive session limits, remote participation, and materials access rules.
Open Board Meetings →
Open-meeting requirements for TRPOPA property owners' associations. Both regular and special board meetings must be open to all owners, with limited exceptions for executive sessions …
Meetings →
Open-meeting rule for TUCA condominium associations. Annual meetings of the unit owners are mandatory; special meetings may be called by the president, a majority of …
Director elections, board member removal votes, governing document amendments, secret ballot requirements, quorum rules, proxy voting, electronic voting, and inspector of election requirements.
Adoption or Amendment of Certain Dedicatory Instruments →
Voting thresholds and procedure for adopting or amending dedicatory instruments (CCRs, bylaws, restrictive covenants, association rules) in residential subdivisions subject to mandatory POA membership. Subsection …
Notice of Election or Association Vote →
TRPOPA notice rule for elections and association votes. The association must give written notice to each eligible owner of any election or association vote: between …
Ballots →
TRPOPA voting-mechanics rule. Votes on specified matters — including board elections, assessment increases, and removal of board members — must be cast "in writing and …
Mandatory Election Required After Failure to Call Regular Meeting →
TRPOPA backstop for inactive boards. If a property owners' association fails to call a required annual meeting, an owner may demand the meeting in writing. …
Association Records →
Records and audit requirements for TUCA condominium associations. The association must maintain detailed financial records that comply with generally accepted accounting principles, along with construction …
Unit owner rights to inspect association records — financial statements, meeting minutes, governing documents, contracts, and correspondence. Response timelines, allowable copying fees, and executive session materials exceptions.
Association Records →
Texas Property Owners Association records inspection rights. Owners may inspect and copy association books and records upon written request. Association must produce records within 10 …
Open Board Meetings →
Open-meeting requirements for TRPOPA property owners' associations. Both regular and special board meetings must be open to all owners, with limited exceptions for executive sessions …
Notice of Election or Association Vote →
TRPOPA notice rule for elections and association votes. The association must give written notice to each eligible owner of any election or association vote: between …
Ballots →
TRPOPA voting-mechanics rule. Votes on specified matters — including board elections, assessment increases, and removal of board members — must be cast "in writing and …
Association authority to enforce governing documents through fines, suspension of privileges, and legal action. Covers fine limits, hearing requirements, notice-and-opportunity procedures, and limitations on enforcement authority.
Construction of Restrictive Covenants →
The Texas rule of construction for restrictive covenants. Subsection (a) directs courts to liberally construe restrictive covenants to give effect to their purpose and intent. …
Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants →
Texas covenant-enforcement statute. Discretionary enforcement decisions by a property owners' association are presumed reasonable unless a court determines by a preponderance of the evidence that …
Hearing Before Board; Alternative Dispute Resolution →
TRPOPA pre-enforcement hearing right. A property owner entitled to cure a violation has the right to request a written hearing before the board within 30 …
Foreclosure Sale Prohibited in Certain Circumstances →
TRPOPA foreclosure-bar statute. A property owners' association cannot foreclose an assessment lien when the debt is composed solely of fines assessed by the association, attorney's …
Assessment Lien Filing →
TRPOPA pre-lien notice statute. Before filing an assessment lien against a property owner, a Texas POA must provide two separate notices of delinquency: first by …
Definitions →
Foundational definitions for the Texas Uniform Condominium Act. Defines "condominium" as real property with units designated for separate ownership and common elements owned in undivided …
Powers of Unit Owners’ Association →
Enumerates the TUCA condominium association's powers. The board may adopt and amend bylaws and budgets for revenues, expenditures, and reserves unless the declaration provides otherwise. …
Meetings →
Open-meeting rule for TUCA condominium associations. Annual meetings of the unit owners are mandatory; special meetings may be called by the president, a majority of …
Resale certificate and transfer disclosure requirements at the time of unit sale. Covers disclosure timing, content, fee caps, delivery deadlines, buyer rescission rights, and association liability for inaccurate information.
Texas Statutes →
Chapter 207 of the Texas Property Code (Property Owners' Association Act) governs HOA resale certificates. All operative content lives at the section level — see …
Delivery of Subdivision Information to Owner →
Texas Property Owners' Association Act resale certificate section. Subsection (a) requires delivery within 10 business days of a written request, including a resale certificate prepared …
Purchaser’s Right to Cancel →
Texas Uniform Condominium Act purchaser cancellation right. A unit purchaser who does not receive the declaration, bylaws, association rules, and resale certificate before contract execution …
Resale of Unit →
Texas Uniform Condominium Act resale certificate requirement. §82.157(a) enumerates 14 disclosure items at (a)(1)–(a)(14) and embeds a 90-day currency rule in the opening sentence ("must …
Statutory insurance requirements for HOAs and condominiums — property insurance, liability coverage, directors and officers, fidelity bonds, flood insurance, and cyber liability. Coverage minimums, deductible assessments, and claims procedures.
Association Records →
Records and audit requirements for TUCA condominium associations. The association must maintain detailed financial records that comply with generally accepted accounting principles, along with construction …
The foundational documents governing common interest communities — declarations (CC&Rs), bylaws, articles of incorporation, rules and regulations, architectural guidelines, and resolutions. Document hierarchy, amendment procedures, and recording requirements.
Texas Statutes →
Default quorum for member meetings of Texas nonprofit corporations — the corporate form most Texas HOAs adopt. Sets the baseline at one-tenth of votes entitled …
Adoption or Amendment of Certain Dedicatory Instruments →
Voting thresholds and procedure for adopting or amending dedicatory instruments (CCRs, bylaws, restrictive covenants, association rules) in residential subdivisions subject to mandatory POA membership. Subsection …
Association Records →
Texas Property Owners Association records inspection rights. Owners may inspect and copy association books and records upon written request. Association must produce records within 10 …
Assessment lien filing, priority, extinguishment, and foreclosure procedures. Minimum thresholds for foreclosure, pre-foreclosure notice requirements, mediation mandates, super-priority provisions, and the interaction between HOA liens and mortgage liens.
Hearing Before Board; Alternative Dispute Resolution →
TRPOPA pre-enforcement hearing right. A property owner entitled to cure a violation has the right to request a written hearing before the board within 30 …
Foreclosure Sale Prohibited in Certain Circumstances →
TRPOPA foreclosure-bar statute. A property owners' association cannot foreclose an assessment lien when the debt is composed solely of fines assessed by the association, attorney's …
Prerequisites to Foreclosure: Notice and Opportunity to Cure for Certain Other Lienholders →
TRPOPA junior-lienholder protection. Before a property owners' association may foreclose its assessment lien, it must send written notice of the delinquency amount by certified mail …
Assessment Lien Filing →
TRPOPA pre-lien notice statute. Before filing an assessment lien against a property owner, a Texas POA must provide two separate notices of delinquency: first by …
Right of Redemption After Foreclosure →
TRPOPA post-foreclosure redemption right. The owner of a property in a residential subdivision and any lienholder of record may redeem the foreclosed property within 180 …
Association’s Lien for Assessments →
The TUCA assessment lien. An assessment levied by a condominium association is a personal obligation of the unit owner and a continuing lien on the …
Mandatory and optional alternative dispute resolution procedures — internal dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration, and limitations on litigation. Covers meet-and-confer requirements, mediation timelines, and enforcement of ADR outcomes.
Hearing Before Board; Alternative Dispute Resolution →
TRPOPA pre-enforcement hearing right. A property owner entitled to cure a violation has the right to request a written hearing before the board within 30 …
Texas Nonprofit Corporation — Application →
Texas nonprofit corporation statute. Part of Business Organizations Code. Covers governance, membership, directors, dissolution.
General Standards for Directors →
Texas Business Organizations Code director-duty standard applicable to nonprofit corporations, including most Texas HOAs and condominium associations. Directors must discharge their duties in good faith, …
Short Title →
Texas Trust Code. Covers trust creation, modification, trustee duties, beneficiary rights, spendthrift provisions.
Management Certificate →
TUCA management-certificate filing requirement. The condominium association must record in the real property records of each county where the condominium is located a management certificate …
Request a Texas resale certificate
Texas law requires 10 statutory disclosures on every resale. Buyers, agents, and title officers can request a certificate here — we contact the board to deliver it.
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