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ALERT TO ALL HOAs & COAs

November 5th, 2025
UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE WUCIOA LAWS COMING VERY SOON When it was enacted in 2018, the WUCIOA[1] was applicable in its entirety only to post-2018 communities but with a few important provisions that were universally applicable to all HOAs and COAs –…
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The Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (WUCIOA) Overhauls The Annual Budget And Assessment Process For ALL (Old & New) HOAs & COAs (RCW 64.90.525 & 64.90.080)

September 5th, 2024
The WUCIOA[1] is applicable in its entirety to post-2018 communities, but it includes a few important provisions that are universally applicable to all HOAs and COAs – whether old or new. Thus, those particular provisions will apply to YOUR communi…
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New 2023 Laws Impact Hoa & Coa Assessment Lien Foreclosure Procedures (RCW 64.34.364, 64.38.100, 64.90.485 & 64.32.200)

November 16th, 2023
The 2023 Washington Legislature passed amendments to the statutes governing the collection and enforcement of assessments and, in particular, the foreclosure of assessment liens by all HOAs (single family residence communities) and COAs (condominium…
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2023 Statutory Revision Impacts Coa And Hoa Association Duties Re Association Records: Rcw 64.34.372 And Rcw 64.38.045

November 16th, 2023
The 2023 Washington Legislature passed amendments to the statutes governing HOA and COA records keeping responsibilities that became effective 7/23/23. They clarified and in some cases changed the legal requirements that were previously in effect for…
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2022 Supreme Court Case Clarifies Legal Standard For Setting HOA Assessments

May 9th, 2022
In the case of Bangerter v Hat Island Community Association decided February 24, 2022, the Washington Supreme Court discussed the standards applicable to HOAs when they establish assessments for homeowners. The case involved a Hat Island (Snohomish C…
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2021 Washington Legislation Impacts HOA & COA Lien Foreclosure Procedure

January 25th, 2022
In 2021 the Washington Legislature passed new legislation impacting the procedure by which Condominium Associations and Homeowners Associations foreclose their delinquent assessments. This was special legislation that is, by its own terms, to expire…
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