HOA Rules in Prince George's County, MD (2026)
5 rules for unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland.
Verified from official government sources
Board Procedures
Every HOA, condo association and co-op in Prince George's County must register with the Office of Community Relations by December 31 each year and disclose its elected leadership, managers and grievance procedure, or lose its right to sue in county court.
PG County HOA Annual Registration Rules
Significant RestrictionsPG County Code § 13-318(a),(b)
(a)A Common Ownership Community shall register with the Office on or before December 31 of each year, and identify its elected leadership, managing agents, appointed officers, fidelity insurance information, dates of reserve studies, current reserve balances, contact numbers for the association's officers, management companies and/or legal counsel on a form provided by the Office. The Common Ow...
Assessment & Dues
Prince George's County runs a Commission on Common Ownership Communities to mediate HOA disputes, but Sec. 13-316 draws a hard line: a disagreement over an assessment that was already validly levied doesn't count as a 'dispute' the Commission can hear, leaving straightforward assessment-collection fights to the association's own process or the courts.
PG County HOA Assessment Disputes Excluded
Few RestrictionsPrince George's County Code § 13-316(h)-(i)
(h)Dispute means any disagreement between two (2) or more parties that involves:(1)The authority of a governing body, under any law or association document, to:...(C)Spend association funds; or(D)Alter or add to a common element; or...(i)Dispute does not include any disagreement that only involves:...(4)The collection of an assessment validly levied against a party; or(5)The exercise of a gover...
Dispute Resolution
Before an HOA dispute in Prince George's County can go to court, residents must exhaust their association's own remedies, then file with the Commission on Common Ownership Communities, which mediates and, if needed, holds a binding hearing under Sec. 13-319.
PG County HOA Dispute Resolution Process
Some RestrictionsPG County Code § 13-319(a)-(d)
(a)The Commission may hear any dispute between or among parties.(b)A party must not file a dispute with the Commission until the party makes a good faith attempt to exhaust all procedures or remedies provided in the association documents.(c)After a community association finds that a dispute exists, the association must notify the other parties of their rights to file the dispute with the Commis...
CC&R Enforcement
Prince George's County doesn't referee your HOA's covenants directly, but a rental license can still die because of them. Under Sec. 13-183, once a Common Ownership Community documents a final adjudication that a rental violates its covenants or carries a lien for unpaid community fees, DPIE may suspend, revoke, or deny the rental license.
PG County Suspends Rental License for CC&R Violations
Significant RestrictionsPrince George's County Code § 13-183(c)
The Director may suspend, revoke or deny a license pursuant to Section 13-184 or Section 13-187, where a Common Ownership Community provides documentation to the Department of a final adjudication that:(1)use of the dwelling unit as a rental violates the covenants or bylaws that govern the unit; or(2)that the dwelling unit has a lien place upon it by a Common Ownership Community for non-payment...
Board Governance
Prince George's County regulates homeowners associations, condo associations and co-ops through a 15-member Commission on Common Ownership Communities, created by County Code § 13-314.01 to police governance, education and disputes for every common ownership community in the county.
Prince George's County HOA Oversight Commission
Some RestrictionsPG County Code §§ 13-314.01(a), 13-314.02
(a)There is hereby established a Commission on Common Ownership Communities. ... The purpose of the Commission on Common Ownership Communities is to: (a)ensure proper establishment and operation of homeowners' associations, condominium associations, and cooperative housing corporations;(b)promote education, public awareness and association membership understanding of the rights and obligations ...
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