August 2014

Football season starts this Friday with College kicking-off (Rams @ Buffs, Friday, August 29, 7:00 PM on FS1, Air Force Falcons vs. Nicholls Colonels Saturday, August 30, 12:00 PM on ESP3), and the AFC Champions, the Denver Broncos, start the regular season the following weekend (vs. Cowboys, Sunday, September 7, 6:30 PM).  
 

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Please join me for a free Legislative Update on HOA legislation which was signed into law during the 2014 legislative session in Colorado.  I will also provide on update on the latest information you need to know about the licensure of community association managers and what we might expect during the 2015 legislative session.  This Legislative Update, hosted by the Aspen Pitkin County

For a court to have authority to make legal decisions and enter a judgment against someone, the court must have both personal and subject matter jurisdiction over that person.  Subject matter jurisdiction involves the court’s ability or power to hear certain types of cases, whereas personal jurisdiction is the court’s power over a particular party.  The court obtains personal jurisdiction over a defendant when the plaintiff obtains proper service of process of the summons and other related documents, including the complaint.  Service of process is the way by which a party receives notice of the initiation of the litigation and is thereby afforded an opportunity to respond.

Continue Reading Service of Process – What is it?

The Colorado Division of Real Estate has just published FAQs to address questions relating to manager licensure.  The FAQs provide excellent information pertaining to who needs to be licensed, the timeline for the licensure process, steps managers must take to apply for licensure, the credential and testing requirements relating to licensure and other important information. 

We frequently hear people say that common areas are owned by their association. And, while that is true in many cases, it is not true when referring to condominiums. In fact, the single fact distinguishing condominiums from any other type of common interest community is how the property making up the project, other than the individual units, is owned.
Continue Reading Whose Land is it Anyway? And Why do we Care?