HOA Rules in Montgomery County, MD (2026)

Maryland Real Property Article Section 11B-101 (Maryland Homeowners Association Act - Governing Body)

Section 11B-101. (h) "Governing body" means the homeowners association, board of directors, or other entity established to govern the development. (i) (1) "Homeowners association" means a person having the authority to enforce the provisions of a declaration. (2) "Homeowners association" includes an incorporated or unincorporated association. (g) "Electronic transmission" means any form of comm...

Maryland Real Property Article Section 11B-101 (Maryland Homeowners Association Act - Definitions)

Section 11B-101. (a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated, unless the context requires otherwise. (a-1) "Accessory dwelling unit" has the meaning stated in Section 4-501 of the Land Use Article. (b) "Common areas" means property which is owned or leased by a homeowners association. (c) "Declarant" means any person who subjects property to a declaration. (d) (1) "Declara...

Maryland Real Property Article Section 11B-101 (Maryland Homeowners Association Act - Definitions; Mandatory Fees)

Section 11B-101. (d) (1) "Declaration" means an instrument, however denominated, recorded among the land records of the county in which the property of the declarant is located, that creates the authority for a homeowners association to impose on lots, or on the owners or occupants of lots, or on another homeowners association, condominium, or cooperative housing corporation any mandatory fee i...

Maryland Real Property Article Section 11B-101 (Maryland Homeowners Association Act - Definitions)

Section 11B-101. (a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated, unless the context requires otherwise. (e) "Depository" or "homeowners association depository" means the document file created by the clerk of the court of each county and the City of Baltimore where a homeowners association may periodically deposit information as required by this title. (h) "Governing body" mea...

Maryland Real Property Article Section 11B-101 (Maryland Homeowners Association Act - Enforcement Authority)

Section 11B-101. (i) (1) "Homeowners association" means a person having the authority to enforce the provisions of a declaration. (2) "Homeowners association" includes an incorporated or unincorporated association. (l) "Recorded covenants and restrictions" means any instrument of writing which is recorded in the land records of the jurisdiction within which a lot is located, and which instrumen...

Montgomery County Code § 10B-9(e)

Except as provided in Section 10B-9A, when a dispute is filed with the Commission, a community association must not take any action to enforce or implement the association's decision, other than filing a civil action under subsection (f), until the process under this Article is completed.    (f)    Any party may file a civil action arising out of an association document or a law regulating the ...

Montgomery County Code § 10B-17

(a) Election dates and procedures. Not less than 10 nor more than 90 days before an election for the governing body of an association, the governing body must notify all members of the association of election procedures and the date of the election. An initial election for the governing body must be held not later than 60 days after the date that 50 percent of the units have been conveyed by th...