seq.: The law regulates licensed community association managers and community association management firms. The chapter governs the arbitration of election disputes and recall disputes arising in a homeowners’ associations governed by Chapter 720 of the Florida Statutes.Ĭommunity Association Management, Fla. The Arbitration Rules of Procedure Governing Recall and Election Disputes in Homeowners’ Associations, Chapters 61B-80 through 81, Florida Administrative Code. Holding that fines assessed by a homeowners' association for violation of the community rules do not create a 'debt' under the FDCPA. Summer Brook Preserve Homeowners Ass'n, 641 F. 3d 1205 - Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit 1998. §559.72 by third-party debt collectors when attempting to collect a debt. The Act prohibits abusive, deceptive, and unfair practices outlined under Fla. seq.: The Act regulates debt collection practices at the state level and is very similar to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The law makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to misrepresent themselves as being qualified to use a service animal.įlorida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act (CCPA), Fla. Specifically, it excludes emotional support animals in its housing accommodation requirements for a person with a disability. The law provides similar protections to the ADA and FHA relating to service animals. § 413.08 lists a person with a disability's rights and responsibilities relating to a service animal's use, prohibited discrimination in public employment, public accommodations, housing accommodations, and penalties. The Court determined that the condo association violated the statute when it sought to remove a PTSD-suffering owner’s emotional support dog because it exceeded a weight restriction. If a requested modification or accommodation has a direct connection to a resident’s disability, an association can only decline the request “if it would impose an undue financial and administrative burden on the housing provider or it would fundamentally alter the nature of the provider’s operations.”īhogaita v. The Act provides state-level protections similar to the Federal Fair Housing Act (FHA). seq.: The law recognizes and provides a legal framework relating to cooperative ownership of the real estate in Florida.įlorida Fair Housing Act, §§ 760.20, et seq.: The law protects Floridians from discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, familial status, or religion. Condo Associations may organize as either for-profit or not-for-profit corporations. Non-profit corporations in Florida are governed by the Florida Not for Profit Corporation Act with regard to corporate structure and procedure. seq.: Homeowners associations in Florida must be organized as non-profit corporations. seq., governs the formation, management, powers, and operation of condominium associations in Florida.įlorida Not for Profit Corporation Act , Fla.

seq., governs the formation, management, powers, and operation of HOAs in Florida, specifically applying to not-for-profit organizations operating residential homeowners associations in Florida. State Laws Impacting Florida Associationsįlorida Homeowners’ Association Act , Fla.

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