Walworth County, WI HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)

Walworth County does not have a general HOA statute, but its subdivision design standards in Sec. 9-B) regulate homeowners associations formed to hold conservation land in new developments in the unincorporated towns. Under the ordinance, membership in the association is mandatory for every purchaser of a dwelling unit and their successors, and the subdivider must have the association established and operating, with financial subsidy if necessary, before any unit is sold. The subdivider must give the county a description of the organization and its bylaws, and the association is responsible for maintaining and insuring the conservation land and implementing the required land stewardship plan, with members sharing costs equitably.

Written notice of any proposed transfer of the land or of the association's assumption of maintenance duties must go to every member, the town board, and the county Land Use and Resource Management department at least 30 days ahead of time. Separately, Sec. 10)(e) requires that any private road, street, or way created as a subdivision condition be maintained by a homeowners association with authority to impose and enforce a maintenance lien under Wis. 70. If a conservation-land association fails to maintain its property, the county can serve written notice describing the needed corrections and a deadline; if the association does not comply, LURM may enter the premises, make the repairs, and assess the cost against the properties that benefit from the land.