Kootenai County, ID HOA Rules: CC&R Enforcement (2026)

902 sets the minimum content every CC&R document must have before Kootenai County will record a subdivision or condominium plat. Two required elements draw the line between the association's own enforcement and the county's separate role. Paragraph (2)(h) requires the CC&Rs to spell out enforcement procedures, including recourse for improper use of common property, meaning day-to-day rule enforcement, architectural control, and assessment collection stay the association's job, run through its own board, bylaws, and Idaho title 30 corporate law. Paragraph (2)(g) is the county's fallback: if the association or individual lot owners fail to operate and maintain commonly owned land, shared infrastructure, or improvements according to approved plans and applicable best management practices, Kootenai County can contract for the necessary operation and maintenance itself and bill the individual lot owners on a pro rata basis.

When the county assumes that responsibility, it gets the same authority the association's governing board would have had, including the power to suspend services to owners who do not pay. 601, which covers zoning and building violations on individual parcels rather than an association's failure to maintain shared property, and it is separate again from a civil suit an association might bring in state court to collect assessments or enforce a CC&R violation under paragraph (2)(d).