[Magnolia Bloom]

Recorded HOA and condo docs are recorded in the public records. Many are viewable/downloadable online through the Clerk of the Court.

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by HIF

Recorded HOA and condo docs are recorded in the public records. Many are viewable/downloadable online through the Clerk of the Court.

I don't think they are accessible here by the general public. There is a deal whereby the Title Cos can get at them via a shared doc. factory. So you need a cooperative title company to get at them.

Note that only certain documents are recorded. The most intersting ones to the owner are generally not recorded. You can't put together the legally required HOA docs for a sale from the public record.

[MomMom]

Originally Posted by HIF

Recorded HOA and condo docs are recorded in the public records. Many are viewable/downloadable online through the Clerk of the Court.

Not here in Las Vegas they're not

Do you even live here in Las Vegas?

[Magnolia Bloom]

No, I don't live there and may certainly be mistaken. But this leads me to believe that there must be some public records to be found:

NRS: CHAPTER 116 - COMMON-INTEREST OWNERSHIP (UNIFORM ACT)

EXCERPT:

NRS 116.2101 Creation of common-interest communities. A common-interest community may be created pursuant to this chapter only by recording a declaration executed in the same manner as a deed and, in a cooperative, by conveying the real estate subject to that declaration to the association. The declaration must be recorded in every county in which any portion of the common-interest community is located and must be indexed in the grantee’s index in the name of the common-interest community and the association and in the grantor’s index in the name of each person executing the declaration.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 543)

EXCERPT:
NRS 116.2105 Contents of declaration.

1. The declaration must contain:

(a) The names of the common-interest community and the association and a statement that the common-interest community is either a condominium, cooperative or planned community;

(b) The name of every county in which any part of the common-interest community is situated;

(c) A sufficient description of the real estate included in the common-interest community;

(d) A statement of the maximum number of units that the declarant reserves the right to create;

(e) In a condominium or planned community, a description of the boundaries of each unit created by the declaration, including the unit’s identifying number or, in a cooperative, a description, which may be by plats or plans, of each unit created by the declaration, including the unit’s identifying number, its size or number of rooms, and its location within a building if it is within a building containing more than one unit;

(f) A description of any limited common elements, other than those specified in subsections 2 and 4 of NRS 116.2102, as provided in paragraph (g) of subsection 2 of NRS 116.2109 and, in a planned community, any real estate that is or must become common elements;

(g) A description of any real estate, except real estate subject to developmental rights, that may be allocated subsequently as limited common elements, other than limited common elements specified in subsections 2 and 4 of NRS 116.2102, together with a statement that they may be so allocated;

(h) A description of any developmental rights and other special declarant’s rights reserved by the declarant, together with a legally sufficient description of the real estate to which each of those rights applies, and a time within which each of those rights must be exercised;

(i) If any developmental right may be exercised with respect to different parcels of real estate at different times, a statement to that effect together with:

(1) Either a statement fixing the boundaries of those portions and regulating the order in which those portions may be subjected to the exercise of each developmental right or a statement that no assurances are made in those regards; and

(2) A statement whether, if any developmental right is exercised in any portion of the real estate subject to that developmental right, that developmental right must be exercised in all or in any other portion of the remainder of that real estate;

(j) Any other conditions or limitations under which the rights described in paragraph (h) may be exercised or will lapse;

(k) An allocation to each unit of the allocated interests in the manner described in NRS 116.2107;

(l) Any restrictions:

(1) On use, occupancy and alienation of the units; and

(2) On the amount for which a unit may be sold or on the amount that may be received by a unit’s owner on sale, condemnation or casualty to the unit or to the common-interest community, or on termination of the common-interest community;

(m) The file number and book or other information to show where easements and licenses are recorded appurtenant to or included in the common-interest community or to which any portion of the common-interest community is or may become subject by virtue of a reservation in the declaration; and

(n) All matters required by NRS 116.2106 to 116.2109, inclusive, 116.2115 and 116.2116 and 116.31032.

2. The declaration may contain any other matters the declarant considers appropriate.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 544; A 1993, 2357)

[olecapt]

Please. They are a public record. If you go to the recorders office and spend $0.10 per page (or whatever the latest fee is) they will print them out for you.

You can also get them from any Title Company. They have access to a shared doc factory that has all these up.

You will get a full set of documents on a sale. Generally supplied by the HOA as provided by law.

Note that the most restrictive document is likely the HOA rules which is not recorded. The CC&Rs enable the rules but do not enumerate them.

[pentel]

Originally Posted by olecapt

Note that the most restrictive document is likely the HOA rules which is not recorded.

is this the trick? only show you the rules after you bid on a home?

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by pentel

is this the trick? only show you the rules after you bid on a home?

Sometimes, Don't sweat it a lot though. You always have five days after you get the HOA docs, which include the rules, to walk away.

[krodrigues]

Can HOA charge money to file out an application showing them what you have planted in your backyard? I thought the backyard belonged to the homeowner not the HOA, so why are we being asked to pay $35.00 for an application?

[PinkString]

Originally Posted by krodrigues

Can HOA charge money to file out an application showing them what you have planted in your backyard? I thought the backyard belonged to the homeowner not the HOA, so why are we being asked to pay $35.00 for an application?

Yes the HOA charges $35 for you to fill out an application for back yard improvements. It's in the rules, you know, that thick booklet you got when you bought your home...Read it all, cover to cover. They have a say what you can and cannot put in your back yard.

[Chinga]

Do yourself a favor, and ask your realtor to ONLY show you places with no HOA. Thats what I did.

Not only do you get peace of mind, but you are not PAYING a entity to restrict your rights to your property.

Oh and dont believe the lie about "any place without an HOA is a dump" My street looks better than most HOA jails.