Prince George's County, MD HOA Rules: Assessment & Dues (2026)
Key Facts
- Body
- Commission on Common Ownership Communities
- Governing section
- Sec. 13-316(h)-(i)
- Excluded from jurisdiction
- collection of a validly levied assessment
- Included in jurisdiction
- fines for governing-document violations
- Prerequisite
- exhaust HOA's own remedies first
- Jurisdiction denial
- not appealable, Sec. 13-321(b)
Summary
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.
(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 governing body's judgment or discretion in taking or deciding not to take any legally authorized action.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 2026 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
The Commission on Common Ownership Communities, created by Sec. 01 and run through the Office of Community Relations under Sec. 13-315, hears disagreements defined as a 'dispute' under Sec. 13-316(h): a governing body's authority to require or forbid an action, to charge a fine tied to a violation of the governing documents, to spend association funds, or to alter a common element, plus failures like skipping a required election, meeting notice, budget adoption, or records access. But Sec. ' A party also cannot go straight to the Commission: Sec.
13-319(b) requires a good-faith attempt to exhaust every remedy available under the association's own governing documents first, and once a dispute is properly filed, Sec. 13-319(d) generally bars the association from enforcing its decision until the county's process concludes.
Violations & Fines
Filing a pure assessment-collection complaint with the Commission gets it rejected as outside jurisdiction under Sec. 13-316(i)(4); Sec. 13-321(b) makes that jurisdiction decision final and 'not subject to judicial review' within the Commission's own process, so a rejected assessment dispute must be pursued through the association's governing documents or a civil action instead. Filing a dispute before exhausting the association's own remedies, contrary to Sec. 13-319(b), is likewise grounds for the Commission to decline the case.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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