Community association managers and Board members are invited to join attorney Marci Achenbach at noon on February 3, 2026, by Zoom as she discusses board member duties. Please email covenants@wlpplaw.com to sign up for the class!
HOA Insurance Class
Community association managers and Board members are invited to join attorneys Molly Foley-Healy and Suzanne Leff at noon on November 4, 2025, by Zoom as they talk about handling insurance claims in Colorado condominium associations. Please email covenants@wlpplaw.com to sign up for the class!
HOA Collection Law Class
Community association managers and Board members are invited to join attorneys Carey Smith and Wendy Weigler at noon on October 7, 2025, by Zoom as they discuss collection of assessments under new law, Colorado House Bill 25-1043, that goes into effect at the beginning of October. As the legislature imposes increasingly strict obligations on
ALERT! New HOA Document Disclosure Requirements under Real Estate Sales Contract
And knowing is half the battle. – G.I. Joe
When owners in community associations sell their homes, associations and their management companies inevitably get involved in the transactions by providing governing documents for the buyers’ review and status letters showing assessments and other amounts due at the time of closing. These document disclosures typically fall
New Law Prompts Snow Removal Contract Review
Snow season is upon us! Most communities have secured their vendors for the season, with signed contracts already in place. For many communities, those snow removal contracts include snowfall triggers that obligate the vendor to mobilize and fulfill the contract obligations once a specific snowfall threshold is reached, such as two inches of snow. The
New Data Breach Law – Compliance Required
Earlier this year, the Colorado General Assembly enacted one of the most stringent data protection laws in the country. This law applies to Colorado businesses and governmental entities as well as third-party vendors who collect and maintain personal identifying information (“PII”). C.R.S. 6-1-713 defines PII as “a social security number; a personal identification number;
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WLPP Continuing Education – Warehouse Lecture Series
Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis and Payne, LLP is pleased to announce our Warehouse Lecture Series for the 2017/2018 year. The Series is comprised of quarterly, half-day sessions providing Community Association Manager Continuing Education credits approved by DORA.
The first session, titled “Meetings,” will take place Friday, October 27, 2017, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Session
Construction Defects and Insurance: Proactive Steps To Protect Your Community
All the media and legislative talk of construction defect litigation and its impact on condominium construction in Colorado may seem like discussion that does not impact existing communities. But the changes to state and local laws concerning construction defect litigation do affect existing communities by creating owner notice and vote requirements that, in some cases, apply to construction undertaken by associations long after initial development of their communities. The impact of these requirements on communities will likely play out over time as defects occur and associations seek remedies.
While associations cannot unilaterally change the controlling laws, associations can take proactive steps when contracting for new projects. In particular, associations need to know how the potential for construction defects may affect insurance coverage on projects that associations contract to complete on their own. Did you know that many contractors’ insurance policies exclude multi-family housing projects from coverage?Continue Reading Construction Defects and Insurance: Proactive Steps To Protect Your Community
HOA Transfer Fees: Access to Information Available Now
HOA transfer fees are getting some attention in the news again this week. In particular, news coverage has focused on demands that HOA property management companies provide invoices for the transfer fees charged to buyers or sellers of properties within HOAs. There is good news for buyers and sellers in HOAs: access to transfer fee information is already available.
What exactly are transfer fees? Colorado statutes address transfer fees in the three following ways that are relevant to HOAs and their members:
- The Colorado Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act expressly authorizes nonprofit corporations to impose transfer fees upon their members unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise. Most HOAs are formed as nonprofit corporations and have this right to impose transfer fees.
- The real property statutes prohibit certain transfer fee covenants, such as those intended to benefit a person or entity who does not hold an interest in the property burdened by the covenant. But transfer fee covenants for fees payable to homeowner associations are not prohibited and are recognized by statute as valid fees.
- Community association management companies typically contract with the HOAs they manage to charge transfer fees to the buyers or sellers of properties within those communities. The community association manager statutes and licensing rules impose explicit requirements on managers concerning these transfer fees. Those statutes and rules are the good news for buyers and sellers, and all owners, who want to know what transfer fees apply in their HOAs.
So what rights do owners, buyers, and sellers have to access transfer fee information?Continue Reading HOA Transfer Fees: Access to Information Available Now