Prince George's County, MD HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)

Subtitle 13, Division 11 of the County Code creates the county's oversight structure for common ownership communities. Sec. 01(a) establishes the Commission on Common Ownership Communities. The County Executive appoints its 15 voting members and the County Council confirms them under Charter Sections 322 and 402: eight seats go to unit or lot owners and residents of self-managed or professionally managed condos, co-ops and HOAs, and seven go to industry professionals such as real estate, housing-development and community-association attorneys, including at least one certified community association manager, per Sec.

04(b). Members serve staggered three-year terms and cannot sit more than two consecutive full terms; the Commission must meet at least once a month and a majority of voting members is a quorum, Sec. 04(d),(i). Sec. 02 spells out the Commission's statutory purpose: ensure associations are properly established and operated, educate residents and boards on their rights and duties, cut down on disputes and push informal resolution, protect property values and quality of life, coordinate government policy toward these communities, and prevent public liability for repairing or replacing common facilities.

The Office of Community Relations staffs the Commission under Sec. 06, and under Sec. 13-315 that same office's Director administers the broader Common Ownership Communities Program, with implementing rules adopted by the County Executive or Council and then approved by resolution. The Commission must keep public minutes, file an annual report with the County Executive and Council by September 1 (Sec. 10), and undergo an outside quality-assurance review every three to five years (Sec. 11).