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Elizabeth Klements – Central Florida’s Paralegal of the Year!

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Think of your Annual Meeting as a Theatrical Production to Ensure Success It's Showtime! Your annual meeting is the most important meeting of the year and it is your time to shine. Think of your annual meeting as a theater production and your owners are the audience. If the production is appealing… Continue reading

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury, lists two types of corporations required to file Beneficial Ownership Information. These are domestic and foreign. A domestic reporting company is defined as having its creation filed with a… Continue reading

ATTENTION BOARD MEMBERS! It has been brought to our attention some management companies and/or companies are offering board certification classes. Please understand that the new law is very clear that effective July 1, the previous board certification classes are not "legitimate" classes and do not… Continue reading

In the aftermath of the recent hurricane season, many Associations will be faced with hiring one or more construction contractors, contractors for remediation or contractors for other Association work. If your Association is faced with choosing and retaining a Contractor or other vendor, hiring the… Continue reading

Many individuals believe that commercial vehicles, or at least certain types of commercial vehicles, hurt property values and negatively affect a community’s desirability. Of course, the type of commercial vehicles a community may want to prohibit or restrict may vary significantly. By way of… Continue reading

So, what happens when your Association doesn’t submit it’s filed annual report on time? Short answer: nothing good. As you likely know, filing a corporate report each year with the Florida Department of Corporations is a statutory requirement – regardless of what type of Association you are. Continue reading

Does your association’s Governing Documents (e.g., its Declaration) require future purchasers of Lots and/or Units within your community, upon closing, to pay the association a capital contribution? If not, you’re losing out on free money. Continue reading

Many of our Fourth of July festivities will include friends and family, barbecues, and fireworks. Although many attend fireworks celebrations hosted in the community, many of us also love smaller-scale fireworks events in our neighborhoods and driveways. This begs, the question: what can and can't… Continue reading

Given their age, many Florida community associations are (often unknowingly) allowing their covenants to expire. Unfortunately not all such communities choose to use an attorney, or at least one whose procedures include notifying associations in advance that their covenants will expire under the… Continue reading