HOA Fines & Enforcement

Alabama sets no maximum dollar figure for a homeowners' association fine. Ala. Code § 35-20-11 lets a board assess only "reasonable penalties," only to the extent the declaration and…

Alaska sets no dollar ceiling on a homeowners association fine, but AS 34.08.320(a)(11) lets an association levy one only "after notice and an opportunity to be heard," and only if the…

Arizona law caps how much a homeowners association can fine a member and forces the board to give notice and a hearing first. A.R.S. § 33-1803 limits late charges on an unpaid penalty…

Arkansas has never passed a homeowners' association act, so no statute caps what an Arkansas association may fine you, sets a cure period, or requires a hearing before a monetary…

California law caps homeowners association fines at $100 per violation or the amount listed in the association's published penalty schedule, whichever is less. Civil Code section 5850…

Colorado's Common Interest Ownership Act sets statewide due-process and dollar limits on how condo and homeowner associations fine owners and collect delinquent accounts, with one…

Connecticut law lets an association levy reasonable fines for rule violations and charge interest or late fees on overdue assessments, but only after giving the unit owner notice and…

Delaware puts no dollar cap on a homeowners association fine. What it caps is the process. Under 25 Del. C. § 81-302(a)(11) an association may levy only reasonable fines for violations…

The D.C. Condominium Act expressly authorizes a unit owners' association to impose late charges and to fine owners for rule violations, but only after notice and an opportunity to be…

Under Fla. Stat. § 720.305, a Florida HOA may fine up to $100 per violation and $1,000 in the aggregate unless the governing documents allow more. The association must give at least 14…

A Georgia property owners' association may fine a lot owner only if its recorded instrument gives it that power, and since July 1, 2024 a fine can never affect voting rights. The…

Hawaii's Planned Community Associations law, Haw. Rev. Stat. Chapter 421J, contains no statute authorizing fines, capping fine amounts, or prescribing notice or hearing procedures…

Idaho Code § 55-3206 bars any HOA fine unless the authority to fine is 'clearly set forth in the covenants and restrictions.' The board must vote by majority and give at least 30 days'…

Illinois puts no dollar limit on association fines. Both statutes say only that the board may levy reasonable fines, and neither sets a maximum, a daily cap or a cure period. What…

Indiana has no statute granting HOAs fining power or capping fine amounts. Authority to fine must come from the recorded declaration, bylaws, or rules; if the governing documents do…

Iowa sets no dollar cap on a homeowners association fine and requires no notice, cure period or hearing before one is imposed. The amount and the process come from your declaration and…

Kansas sets no dollar cap on a homeowners association fine, requires no notice-and-hearing before one is imposed, and grants no statutory cure period. The Kansas Uniform Common…

Kentucky sets no maximum dollar amount for a homeowners association fine, but since the Planned Community Act took effect on June 29, 2023 a board must give the lot owner written…

Louisiana sets no dollar limit on homeowners association fines and requires no hearing before one is imposed. R.S. 9:1141.20(A)(2)(l) of the Louisiana Planned Community Act simply…

Maine puts no dollar cap on association fines. 33 M.R.S. § 1603-102(a)(11) lets a condominium unit owners association levy reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws…

Maryland Real Property § 11B-111.10 bars a homeowners association board from imposing a fine, suspending voting, or infringing any other right of a lot owner or occupant for a rules…

Massachusetts gives a condominium's organization of unit owners express statutory power to levy fines, and attaches almost no conditions to it. M.G.L. c. 183A, § 10(b)(5) authorizes…

The Michigan Condominium Act lets associations levy fines, but only after due process. Under MCL 559.206 a condo association may impose late charges and, after notice and a hearing…

Minnesota Statutes section 515B.3-102(a)(11) lets a common interest community association levy reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, and rules, but only after…

Mississippi has no statute capping what a homeowners association may fine a member, no required notice-and-hearing procedure before a fine is levied, and no statutory cure period. The…

Missouri sets no dollar cap on association fines and has no general homeowners-association act, so a subdivision HOA's fine power comes from its own indenture. Condominiums are…

Montana has never enacted a homeowners' association fine statute. There is no dollar cap, no statutory schedule, no required cure period, and no statutory notice-and-hearing step…

Nebraska sets no dollar ceiling on association fines. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-860(a)(11) lets a condominium unit owners association levy "reasonable fines" for violations of the…

For a violation of the governing documents that does not pose an imminent threat of causing a substantial adverse effect on health, safety or welfare, NRS 116.31031 limits a Nevada…

New Hampshire's Condominium Act does not set a fine cap. A condo association's enforcement and rule-making powers flow from its bylaws under RSA 356-B:35, and violations are enforced…

N.J.S.A. 46:8B-15(f) lets a New Jersey condominium association impose reasonable fines only if the master deed or bylaws authorize it, and then caps each fine at the maximum monetary…

New Mexico sets no dollar cap on HOA fines, but NMSA 47-16-18 lets an association levy only 'reasonable fines' and only after written notice and an opportunity to dispute. Before a…

North Carolina's G.S. 47F-3-107.1 requires due process before an HOA can fine an owner. A hearing must be held before the executive board or an adjudicatory panel, with notice of the…

North Dakota has no statute that caps association fines, sets a fine schedule, or requires a hearing before a monetary penalty. Section 47-04.1-08 of the Century Code instead makes…

Ohio's Planned Community Law lets a homeowners association bill a lot owner an "enforcement assessment" (the statute's term for an HOA fine) only when the declaration authorizes it…

Oklahoma has no statutory ceiling on what a homeowner association may charge for a covenant violation, no required notice-and-hearing procedure before a charge is levied, and no…

Oregon HOAs may levy reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, or rules, but only after written notice and an opportunity to be heard, and only when based on a fine…

Pennsylvania sets no dollar ceiling on a homeowners association fine. Under the Uniform Planned Community Act, 68 Pa.C.S. § 5302(a)(11), an association may levy "reasonable fines" for…

Rhode Island law lets a condominium executive board fine a unit owner, but it caps the amount: no more than $100 per day for a continuing violation in a residential condominium and no…

South Carolina sets no dollar cap on homeowners association fines and requires no notice, hearing or cure period before one is imposed. The Homeowners Association Act, S.C. Code…

South Dakota has no statute that caps an association fine, requires notice and a hearing before one is imposed, sets a cure period, or creates an automatic lien for unpaid amounts…

Tennessee sets no dollar cap on association fines. The only fining statute in the state is T.C.A. § 66-27-402(a)(11) in the Tennessee Condominium Act of 2008, which lets a unit owners'…

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 governs HOA fines, but only for mandatory-membership subdivisions; condos fall under Chapter 82 instead. State law sets no dollar cap on a fine, only a…

Utah Code § 57-8a-208 puts no dollar limit on an association fine. Subsection (3)(b) says only that the fine shall be in the amount provided for in the association's governing…

Vermont's fine power comes from 27A V.S.A. § 3-102(a)(11), which lets a unit owners' association impose reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, and rules, but only…

Virginia caps association fines by statute. Under Va. Code § 55.1-1819 D a charge may not exceed $50 for a single offense or $10 per day for a continuing offense, and a continuing…

Both Washington regimes let HOAs impose reasonable fines, but only after notice and an opportunity to be heard and only under a fine schedule already adopted by the board and furnished…

West Virginia puts no dollar ceiling on a homeowners association fine. W. Va. Code § 36B-3-102(a)(11), part of the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act adopted at Chapter 36B, lets a…

Wisconsin sets no dollar cap on association fines and requires no hearing before one is imposed. For condominiums, Wis. Stat. § 703.24(2) makes a unit owner liable for any charges…

Wyoming has no homeowners association act and no statute that caps an association fine, requires a hearing before one, sets a cure period, or turns an unpaid fine into a lien. The…