JimA19 (Georgia)
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Posts: 54
Posted:
Our Board advises new potential buyers that they will be subjected to a security at their expense ($100). he anyone have experiences with these matters, please advise
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NA1 (Massachusetts)
Posts: 190
Posts: 190
Posted:
What is the purpose? Is it a co-op where they can refuse sale?
Were it me I would walk away, as evidence they are behaving inappropriately.
Check the CC&R but I would bet they don’t have the right.
Were it me I would walk away, as evidence they are behaving inappropriately.
Check the CC&R but I would bet they don’t have the right.
KerryL1 (California)
Posts: 14,550
Posts: 14,550
Posted:
I guess "a security" means some kind of "background "check? With NA, check your documents to see if this is permitted. Or did the Board vote to makes such a "policy?" If so, it'd be memorialized in meeting minutes.
JohnC46 (South Carolina)
Posts: 14,265
Posts: 14,265
Posted:
While background checks are not common, they do exist in some association docs especially in FL it seems.
MelissaP1 (Alabama)
Posts: 13,836
Posts: 13,836
Posted:
The HOA has no right to anyone's social security number. Do not give it to them. A criminal check is different than a credit check. Criminal checks usually are limited to the city or county of the HOA. Which is very limiting.
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LetA (Nevada)
Posts: 2,679
Posts: 2,679
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Posted By MelissaP1 on 01/06/2024 7:41 PM
The HOA has no right to anyone's social security number. Do not give it to them. A criminal check is different than a credit check. Criminal checks usually are limited to the city or county of the HOA. Which is very limiting.
The HOA has no right to anyone's social security number. Do not give it to them. A criminal check is different than a credit check. Criminal checks usually are limited to the city or county of the HOA. Which is very limiting.
Background checks are typically conducted through a third-party agency, the HOA will never see the applicant's SSN.
DeanJ
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Posts: 1,786
Posted:
The HOA can only charge for what the declaration says they can.
MichaelS56 (Minnesota)
Posts: 858
Posts: 858
Posted:
A very sad step to do this. What about a personality background check, will that be next?
MelissaP1 (Alabama)
Posts: 13,836
Posts: 13,836
Posted:
Michael already done and they are on the board! Pass or fail! LOL!!!
The HOA can charge the price it costs to run the checks. I think charging a $100 bill for something that may cost nothing to $25 is a problem. The HOA is a NON-Profit. Meaning it should only collect what it spends out. If they charge $100, then it better cost $100 with proof. Such as filing fee not subjective volunter labor hours.
The HOA can charge the price it costs to run the checks. I think charging a $100 bill for something that may cost nothing to $25 is a problem. The HOA is a NON-Profit. Meaning it should only collect what it spends out. If they charge $100, then it better cost $100 with proof. Such as filing fee not subjective volunter labor hours.
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