Harnett County, NC HOA Rules: Assessment & Dues (2026)

138 of the Unified Development Ordinance is the county's zoning-level standard for any subdivision development that includes a homeowners association, and subsection (H) is the specific assessment provision. It makes the HOA responsible for liability insurance, payment of local taxes, and maintenance of recreational open space and other shared facilities within the development. Critically, it states that any dues or fees levied by the homeowners association that remain unpaid become a lien on the individual property, giving the association a real-property remedy against a nonpaying owner rather than just a contract claim.

The same subsection also gives the HOA authority to adjust its assessment to meet changing needs, so the dues structure approved at the time of the final plat is not frozen if circumstances change. This assessment authority sits alongside subsection (G), which requires the developer or the development owner to pay all HOA-levied fees on any improved, platted lot it still owns, on the same basis as any other lot owner, so a developer can't dodge assessments on unsold inventory. 138 is a condition the county attaches at final plat review under subsection (A), which requires the recorded organizational papers and by-laws to be reviewed and approved by the Development Review Board, the lien and assessment-adjustment authority in (H) is baked into the HOA's governing documents before any lots are sold, not something the association adopts unilaterally later.