Sherman, TX HOA Rules: Dispute Resolution (2026)

Section 10.02.008(f)(6) of the Sherman Code of Ordinances requires every property owners' association (POA) document set in the City of Sherman, Texas to contain a statement that the authority for enforcement of association rules and regulations is solely the responsibility of the association and is not, in any way, the responsibility of the city. A homeowner with a complaint about a covenant, a fine or a dues charge in a Sherman subdivision is therefore pointed at the association, not at Sherman Development Services or the city council. The section does not create a hearing, mediation or appeal process for homeowner-versus-association disagreements. Those terms sit in the recorded declaration, covenants and bylaws the section requires; subsection (f)(3) calls for bylaws related to the governance of the association, and subsection (d)(3) requires all POA documents to be recorded at the county before the final plat.

What the city does enforce is the association's compliance with the subdivision chapter. Under subsection (h)(1), the city notifies the POA of violations of the regulations in the section. Under (h)(2), failure to bring the subdivision into compliance can cause the city to revoke the specific approval of the association or take other remedies. Subsection (h)(3) gives the city all lien, assessment and enforcement rights granted to the association, plus any other enforcement actions available under state law and city regulations. Subsection (h)(4) lets the city, after due notice, perform the association's duties and assess the association for the full amount owed or assess the property owners on a pro rata basis. That assessment is a lien in favor of the city. Subsection (f)(11) requires written consent in the POA documents giving the city the authority to take these actions.

The association's one procedural protection in the section is due notice before the city steps in. The city's liability is also cut off in writing: subsection (f)(9) requires an indemnification stating that under no circumstances shall the city be liable to the association or any property owner for damages, injuries or liability resulting from any amenity, private street, creek-adjacent area, thoroughfare screening or other association-owned area. City attorney review of the documents happens earlier, before the final plat is recorded, under subsection (d)(2).