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The actual law · Montana
No unified Homeowners' Association Act. HOA provisions are limited to § 70-17-901, MCA and the remote-meeting sections §§ 35-2-525 and 35-2-550, MCA (Nonprofit Corporation Act); condominiums are separately governed by the Montana Unit Ownership Act (Title 70, chapter 23, MCA, §§ 70-23-101 to 70-23-901)., full text. This is the law your board answers to — read it yourself, then use the owner guides to see what it means in practice.
Homeowners association -- remote meetings
Covered in an owner guide
The translation
The statute is the authority; the guides are the translation. Each one walks a real owner problem through the Montana sections that control it.
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Unincorporated homeowners' association -- remote meetings
Homeowners' association restrictions -- real property rights
Covered in an owner guide
Definitions
Applicability -- submission by declaration required -- optional declaration for townhouses
Contents of declaration
Bylaws -- adoption, recording, and amendment
Covered in an owner guide
Contents of bylaws
Covered in an owner guide
Certain work on unit by owner prohibited
Covered in an owner guide
Compliance with bylaws, rules, and covenants required -- action
Covered in an owner guide
Records of receipts and expenditures affecting common elements -- inspection
Covered in an owner guide
Claim for common expenses -- priority of lien -- contents -- recording
Covered in an owner guide
Foreclosure of lien under claim for common expenses -- action without foreclosure
Covered in an owner guide
Foreclosure on unit -- payment of rent -- purchase of unit by manager
Purchaser at foreclosure sale not totally liable for prior common expenses
Joint liability of grantor and grantee for unpaid common expenses
Covered in an owner guide
Disclosure by seller -- seller to furnish documents -- delay period
Covered in an owner guide
Actions -- service of process
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