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The tips in this letter were compiled with the help of Nancy Campbell, Fire Education Coordinator of the Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office. Distribute this letter several weeks before Christmas. It provides tips to help your members choose, care for, and dispose of their trees safely.

Here’s a model bylaw that you can adapt and use to create the right for your association to collect rent directly from a delinquent member’s tenant. Check with your attorney before adapting this bylaw for use at your community

Here is model language to add to a lease between a member and his tenant. You can add this language with a lease addendum. An addendum states additional terms, conditions, and rules that are incorporated into the lease between the tenant and the member. The following clause puts both the tenant and member on notice…

Use the following form every two years to verify the ages of residents in your age-restricted community to fulfill federal law obligations. Be sure to show it to your attorney for possible additional state and local law considerations before adapting it for use at your community.

Here’s a Model Letter, drafted with the help of New Jersey attorney David Byrne, that you can adapt and use at your community when a member has a delinquent account. The letter notifies the member of the association’s intent to suspend the member’s privileges unless full payment of past due assessments is made by the…

This Model Policy, written with the help of New Jersey attorney J. David Ramsey and California manager Rolf Crocker, requires members to ensure that their smoke detectors are operable at all times. Also, it contains optional language that you can use if your governing documents allow you to fine members who don’t comply with community…

We created the following form with the help of risk management consultant David Grenier. Send this form to prospective insurance agents/brokers to learn about their experience and service in community association risk and coverage. You can also use this form to reevaluate your current agent/broker to determine whether you are getting the best possible service.