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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
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Any other complaints about condo boards? Maybe this could be a mega thread some day.
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LOL
This WILL be a mega-thread. Nothing more satisfying than bitching in a forum off-topic thread about anything and everything... Three main issues in any condominium corporation are People, Parking and Pets, or so called PPP. There is always plenty of reasons to complain about each one of those.
Condominium Corporation has the power to collect through a normal legal action and, if successful, register a caveat against a unit in a CondoCorp to collect unpaid condominium fees. Court costs, collection costs and other damages are all collectable against the value of a unit. In other words, the owner may have issues with his/her lender, if there's a mortgage. Ultimately, the amount would be collected upon sale (or forced sale).
As for the reasons - the CondoCorp must have a valid reason in law to assess a charge against an owner. It can't just say this person is noisy/stinky/whatever and we want to charge him $1,000. It has to prove damages caused to the common property, for example, to prove the case etc. There are also various infractions noted in Condominium By-Laws, Resolutions and Special Resolutions, which specify fines. Those could be grey areas, as some of them could be found unlawful by courts, if challenged.