HOA & Condo Association Law

Every dollar your association spends came out of your pocket. Florida law gives you the right to see exactly where it went.

Whether you own a condominium unit governed by Chapter 718 or a home in a homeowners association governed by Chapter 720, you have a statutory right to inspect and copy...

Perez Mayoral, P.A. recently secured a $1,000,000 jury verdict on behalf of our client in a Florida sexual cyberharassment case arising under Florida Statute § 784.049.

The case involved the unauthorized publication and distribution of intimate and sexually explicit material belonging to our client. Evidence presented at trial showed that an explicit...

Selling or refinancing a condo can require a document from the association that shows what the owner owes. Florida law controls how fast the association must respond and how much it may charge. The answers below explain those rules for owners in West Palm Beach.

An estoppel certificate is a statement from...

A flag on a house can draw a letter from an association. Florida law, however, protects several kinds of flags, and an association’s rules can’t always override it. This post explains what Fort Lauderdale homeowners may display and where limits still apply.

Florida Statutes Section 720.304 addresses flag display in homeowners’ associations....

Perez Mayoral, P.A. recovered $50,000 in Bartlett v. Triton, a Charlotte County matter. The owner was not the party who signed the contract, which is exactly the situation worth understanding here.

Contract law starts from a simple position. Only parties to a contract can sue on it. An association hires a roofer,...

Perez Mayoral, P.A. obtained a $96,500 result in Brucker v. Green, a Broward County matter. Cases of this kind begin with somebody else’s lawsuit and end with the cost of that lawsuit being shifted back.

Courts have no interest in letting every losing plaintiff face a countersuit, so malicious prosecution is deliberately...

Perez Mayoral, P.A. recovered $55,000 for an owner in a Broward County drainage system failure matter. Cash was part of that outcome. The underlying condition is the part owners most often forget to negotiate for.

Consider what a pure cash settlement actually accomplishes. The owner takes a number, signs a release, and...

Perez Mayoral, P.A. recovered $70,000 for an owner in a Broward County concrete slab water intrusion matter. That number came after the parties had already been through the mediation stage without reaching a resolution.

Owners sometimes read mediation as a delay the association imposed on them. It is usually a statutory requirement....

Perez Mayoral, P.A. handled Smith v. Greens of Town N’ Country, a Hillsborough County association matter. Obtaining a favorable decision was one stage of that work. Making the decision enforceable was another.

An arbitration award is a document, not a court order. Nobody can garnish, lien, or levy on the strength of...

Perez Mayoral, P.A. obtained an $8,000 recovery in Pisciotta v. Isles of the Bay, a Pinellas County association matter. Smaller figures are worth noting, because owners often assume a claim has to be large before it is worth raising at all.

Section 718.111 of the Florida Statutes is direct about post-loss work....