Real Estate & Property Law

No Candidate for President of the HOA - What Do We Do?

Here's the question: "Our current president has declined to run for a second term, while another candidate who wants the position is unqualified because he is not an owner (his wife is co-owner of their unit with her father). What options do we have? Our CC&R states that there must be at least three members of the board.At this point, we have candidates for vice president and secretary/treasurer, but neither of them wants ro run for president."

The Board could propose an amendment to the Bylaws to allow non members to serve. That is one option to open up the pool of possible candidates. Most association elections do not elect by office, the members elect the board members and the board then meets and decides who will fulfill the offices.

Full post as published by California Condo & HOA Law on January 25, 2010 (boomark / email).