Documents Board Should
Request
__ Original copies of the association’s governing documents and all amendments to
those documents (copies of documents that have been filed with the county recorder should clearly disclose the
recording information).
__ Minutes of all association board and committee meetings.
__ Copies of all required state agency filings (such as the biennial statement of
domestic nonprofit corporation required by Corp C §8210); see §2.3.
__ Any files or records pertaining to architectural review.
__ Any files or records pertaining to member discipline and governing document
enforcement matters.
__ Copies of all association tax returns, capital replacement reserve studies,
applications for exemption from California income taxes (if an exemption was applied for on behalf of the
association) and other pertinent financial records.
__ Copies of all insurance policies maintained by or on behalf of the
association.
__ Any legal correspondence files maintained by the association.
__ Copies of the final subdivision maps for the development, any conditions of
approval (to the maps), and any development agreements with the city, county, or other local governmental
agencies that may impose continuing obligations on the association that survive the developer’s exit from the
development.
__ A set of as-built plans for those portions of the development that were
constructed by or on behalf of the developer. (Securing a copy of these as-built plans for the project is
particularly important in developments consisting of separate interests that the association is obligated to
repair and maintain. As-built plans are also important to obtain in developments featuring extensive common area
improvements.)
__ Copies of surety bonds and subsidy agreements, if any. (The association must
assess whether the conditions for release of the bond obligation have been satisfied. The Department of Real
Estate (DRE) regulations require the developer to post various surety bonds to assure its obligation to pay
assessments, complete common area facilities, or perform its obligations under DRE-approved subsidy
agreements. Bus &
P C §11018.5(a)(2); 10 Cal Code Regs §§2792.3, 2792.9(a),
2792.10(a)(4). On subsidy agreements, see
§§10.16-10.19.)
__ Originals of all deeds to those portions of the development as to which the
association holds title.
__ A bill of sale or other evidence of transfer should be obtained for any
personal property transferred by the developer to the association at the time of transition.
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