HOA rules in Texas
Texas splits subdivision HOAs and condominiums. If you live in a house or townhome in a residential subdivision with a property owners' association, Chapter 209 of the Texas Property Code (the Residential Property Owners Protection Act) is the main overlay. If you own a condominium unit, Chapter 82 (Uniform Condominium Act) applies instead. Chapter 207 covers resale subdivision-information packets for many HOAs, not condos. Do not mix those chapters. Confirm which statute covers your community, then confirm the current text on the Texas Legislature statutes site and in your dedicatory instruments. This page is general information, not legal advice. Statutes change.
Texas does not have a statewide HOA ombudsman. Chapter 209 is the owner's-protection statute: notice before a fine, a right to request a hearing, open board meetings for most associations, records inspection, and limits on foreclosure when the debt is only fines.
Before a property owners' association may levy a fine, it must give written notice by verified mail describing the violation, stating any amount due, telling you of the right to request a hearing on or before the 30th day after the notice was mailed, and (for a curable non-health-or-safety violation) giving a reasonable cure date. If you cure in that period, a fine may not be assessed (Tex. Prop. Code § 209.006). The hearing, if requested, is generally before the board not later than the 30th day after the request, with a document packet due 10 days before (Tex. Prop. Code § 209.007).
Records requests go by certified mail to the address on the current management certificate. The association generally has 10 business days to give inspection dates or copies, or to send a delay notice plus up to 15 more business days (Tex. Prop. Code § 209.005).
An association may not foreclose an assessment lien if the debt consists solely of fines, of attorney's fees solely associated with fines, or of certain records-production amounts. Before filing a lien there is a two-notice delinquency ladder (Tex. Prop. Code §§ 209.009, 209.0092, 209.0094). Those are Texas rules, not national.
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