List of Homeowners and address

Yes. Do you want them to give out yours? Then there is your answer. Besides addresses are pubic knowlwedge if you just walk around your HOA and write them down. As far who lives there or is the owner takes more effort and not always public.

Really what is the reason behind knowing this information? Witch hunting or *itch slapping is the only 2 reasons one wants this information in a HOA...

Nancy,

I don't recall if your in a condominium or homeowners association.

Per § 47F‑3‑118 of the planned property act, the Association must make records available for examination by the members. They do not have to provide copies.

Per § 47C‑3‑118 of the Condominium Act, the Association must make records available for examination by the members. They do not have to provide copies.

If your Association is incorporated as a nonprofit, per § 55A‑16‑02 of the Nonprofit Corporation Act, A member is entitled to inspect and copy, at a reasonable time and location specified by the corporation, any of the records of the corporation.

Per § 55A‑16‑01 of the Nonprofit Corporation Act, corporate records includes "a record of its members, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all members, in alphabetical order by class, showing the number of votes each member is entitled to cast."

Therefore, if your Association is incorporated as a nonprofit, under the NC Nonprofit Corporation Act, a list of current members and their addresses must be made available to you. There are privacy concerns that come into play so you should include in your request the reason why you want the list. This is because the Association does have to protect the privacy of it's members and keep the list from being used for marketing or political campaigns.

I'd suggest resubmitting your request for the list citing the corporate code (if applicable) along with the reason why you want the list. Something like:

Dear abc,

I am resubmitting my request for a copy of the current list of members and their addresses. I am requesting this list under
§ 55A‑16‑02 of the NC Nonprofit Corporation Act. I am certifying that this list will not be used for for purposes of pecuniary gain or commercial solicitation.

Thank you,

Please note that under § 55A‑16‑02 the Association can require that you specify the exact purpose of wanting the records and why those records are required to achieve that purpose. Therefore, if you use my suggested style of request, they may say no and/or require additional info before releasing the records.

Hope this helps,

Tim

As an FYI, here are links to the full laws (you need to determine which ones are applicable):

North Carolina Planned Community Act

North Carolina Condominium Act

North Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act

TimB4 - What a great reply. Thank you for the information. This is the information I was looking for.

DonaldN - Thank you for your response.

This information is greatly appreciated.

Personally, I would have no issues with providing names and addresses of owners. Anything else could raise issues. Issues I do not have problems with like phone numbers and Email addresses, but others might have issues with.

Couple I know gummed up their shredder with those free return mail address sticky labels we all get hundreds of. I asked them why the were shredding them? They replied for ID theft protection security. I said but there are thousands of ways to get ones name and addresses. They did not want to hear that.........LOL

It may well be that they don't it for privacy reasons. But, i suspect you are really asking "is there some law regarding privacy that they are following", and the answer is no.

Addresses are very public. Heck, sometimes they are even painted, posted or brightly lit up. Owners of property are also public knowledge, just check with your county recorder office, for a start. So there is no "privacy law" that prevents them from releasing the names of owner of record with address. But, they may well just not do it because they don't want to.

BrianB - I think you are correct. They just don't want to give it out to the homeowners for fear someone will write something about how they are handling certain things and how they treat homeowners. Guess the next step is to either go door to door or to the county records. Thanks for your information.