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Pennsylvania HOA document review
Pennsylvania HOA document review operates under the Uniform Planned Community Act (Title 68 Ch. 51-54, 1996).
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Section 5407 imposes resale-certificate requirements that parallel the condo Section 3407 regime — 10-business-day delivery, 5-day buyer rescission, detailed content including declaration, budget, reserves, litigation, and insurance. The two statutes are largely parallel.
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Section 5407 HOA disclosure
Required content parallels the condo regime: declaration, bylaws, rules, budget and financials, reserves, monthly assessment, unpaid assessments, planned capital projects and special assessments, pending litigation, insurance summary, known violations. Delivered within 10 business days. 5-day buyer rescission.
What to request beyond the statute
Master policy declarations page, full claim history, voluntary reserve study, complete meeting minutes, any engineering reports. The contract is the mechanism for forcing delivery.
AG consumer-protection complaints
Pennsylvania allows owners to file complaints with the AG's Bureau of Consumer Protection for board violations of open-meeting, quorum, voting, or records provisions. A 100-day alternative dispute resolution period generally must precede the complaint.
Records access
Owners have records-inspection rights under the UPCA. Test records request reveals practical governance discipline.
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Pennsylvania legal references
- 68 Pa.C.S. Ch. 51-54 — Uniform Planned Community Act
- 68 Pa.C.S. § 5407 — HOA resale disclosure
- Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General — Consumer Protection
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- Request the Section 5407 disclosure (within 10 business days)
- Use the 5-day rescission window
- Request declaration, bylaws, articles, and current rules
- Request current dues statement and unit-level balance
- Request master policy if one exists
- Request 18+ months of board minutes
- Submit a test records request
- For recently transitioned communities: verify developer-turnover documentation
- Check for any AG complaints filed against the association
- Build documentation contingency into the contract
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Source documents
- Declaration & bylawsthe rules
- Budget & financialsthe money
- Reserve studythe big repairs
- Meeting minuteswhat the board fears
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The risk lives in the contradiction between documents.
An assessment in the minutes but not the estoppel; a reserve the budget never funds.
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