Rock Island County, IL HOA Rules: Assessment & Dues (2026)
Key Facts
- Assessment rate
- Uniform on every improved lot
- Budget deadline
- Board adopts budget by Jan. 1
- Levy deadline
- Assessment levied by Feb. 1
- Payment due
- Due by May 1 each year
- Late interest
- 10% per annum after 30 days
- Lien priority
- Subordinate to a first mortgage
Summary
Under Rock Island County Code § 152.272, the homeowners association formed for a subdivision's stormwater detention basin must levy a uniform annual assessment on every improved lot, secured by a continuing lien on the property. Late payments draw 10% annual interest, and the Association can sue the owner or foreclose the lien in equity.
The Declarant, for each improved Lot owned within the Properties, hereby covenants, and each Owner of any Lot by acceptance of a Deed therefore, whether or not it shall be so expressed in such Deed, is deemed to covenant and agree to pay to the Association: (1) annual assessments or charges, such assessments to be established and collected from time to time as hereinafter provided. ... The annual assessments, together with interest, shall be a charge on the land and shall be a continuing lien upon the property against which each such assessment is made. ... Annual assessments must be fixed at a uniform rate for all improved Lots and shall be collected on an annual installment basis, except as hereinafter provided. ... Any annual payment not paid within 30 days after the due date shall bear interest from the date of delinquency at the rate of 10% per annum. The Association may bring any action at law against the Owner personally obligated to pay the same, or foreclose the lien against the property by an action in equity.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-1: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2024-12-A, passed 12-17-2024; and State legislation current through 2024 Illinois Legislative Service, Pamphlet #6).
Full Breakdown
272, "Covenant for Maintenance Assessment," makes the annual assessment both a personal obligation of whoever owns an improved lot when it falls due and a continuing lien against the lot itself; the obligation does not pass automatically to a buyer unless the buyer expressly assumes it. 2 ties the assessment to the county's basin-maintenance mandate: the Association's Board of Directors must set a budget by January 1 of each year and levy the assessment on each improved lot by February 1, payable by May 1.
4 requires that rate be uniform across every improved lot in the subdivision, collected on an annual installment basis. 5 lets the Board fix the amount at least 30 days before the assessment period and requires written notice to every owner before it is due. 6: any payment more than 30 days late accrues interest at 10% per annum, and the Association may sue the owner personally or foreclose the assessment lien in equity; if the Association waives a deficiency judgment, the Illinois statutory redemption period shrinks to six months from the foreclosure sale.
A lot the Association acquires through a foreclosure judge's deed must be resold within a reasonable time, with any surplus after assessments, interest, costs and attorney's fees returned to the former owner. 7 subordinates the assessment lien to a first mortgage, though a foreclosure or transfer never wipes out a delinquent owner's personal liability for assessments that came due before the transfer.
Violations & Fines
Assessments unpaid more than 30 days past due accrue interest at 10% a year under Article IV.6, and the Association can pursue a personal money judgment against the owner or foreclose its lien in equity, adding interest, costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the judgment. Separately, a developer who never records the required covenant or transfers the basin outlot as § 152.272 directs faces the chapter's general fine of $250 to $1,500 per day under § 152.999.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Rock Island County's detention-basin HOA place a lien on my lot for unpaid dues?
What happens if I pay my assessment late?
Does selling my lot end my liability for a delinquent assessment?
Sources & Official References
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