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New Laws Mean Changes for HOAs BOARD MEMBERS LEARNED
at the end of last
year that during the 2021 Nevada legislative session a new bill was passed that now
ciation and any other communication to the homeowner by mail and by electronic mail.
To help alleviate the financial burden from the whole of the association, only those
“I never received the non-compliance
homes receiving non-compliance notices will
requires homeowners’ associations to not
in the mail and now I’m being fined!”
be charged a processing fee.
only mail notices and association information
With this new system, homeowners and
There are four stages a non-compliance
to homeowners via US mail, but also via elec-
their designated representatives shall receive
item can go through, in which notifications are
tronic mail for those homeowners who provide
non-compliance notices via electronic mail if
sent out for. The first is the Courtesy Notice. A
their email address.
they have provided an email address to the
courtesy notice informs the homeowner there
In an effort to accommodate these new
association. Not only will homeowners be able
is a possible non-compliance issue on the prop-
requirements, and to continue to deliver excep-
to respond directly from the non-compliance
erty to be resolved. There is no charge for the
tional service and solutions that enhance the
email via a link in the notice, but they will also
Courtesy notice, but if the issue is not resolved,
value of every property and the lifestyle of
be notified the moment the item is closed.
a First Notice will be sent.
every resident in the communities they man-
The second major change is who will be
The second stage is the First Notice. This
age, FirstService Residential has partnered
paying for this new service. If you
with Smartwebs Inc. (the technology company
read through the 2022 bud-
currently facilitating the ARC process) not only
get mailing, you may have
to assist associations to be in compliance with
noticed line items for
allowed to prevent the
the new state laws, but to also provide a faster,
paper/printer supplies
issue from being esca-
and more efficient way to accommodate the
and postage. Currently,
lated to hearing. A $10
requirements of the state and the needs of both
every homeowner in
processing fee will be
the association and the homeowner.
Aliante pays for every
charged to the home-
Homeowners and residents will see two
non-compliance notice
notice asks the resident to please resolve the non-compliance issue in the allotted time
owner’s account for pro-
major changes going forward. The first is the
sent. This method places
cessing this notice.
method as to how non-compliance information
the financial burden for
is sent and received. Previously, only hard copy
processing, printing, and mail-
non-compliance notices were mailed to home-
ing these notices on the association
owners, tenants, and if requested, an autho-
rather than putting the financial responsibility
issue is still open and in need of resolution. If
rized representative via the US mail. Senate
on the homeowner who has incurred the vio-
the non-compliance issue is not resolved by the
Bill 186, amending Nevada Revised Statute
lation. For example, if you did not receive a
date listed on the hearing notice, a hearing will
116.31068, states an association shall deliver
non-compliance notice in 2021, you still paid
be conducted with the Compliance Committee
any notice required to be given by the asso-
for non-compliance notices to be mailed.
The third stage is the Hearing Notice This notice informs the resident that the non-compliance
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