Florida Statutes
Title XL - Real and Personal Property
Chapter 720 - Homeowners' Associations

Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 720.301-720.318)

720.301 - Definitions. - (1) “Assessment” or “amenity fee” means a sum or sums...

720.3015 - Short title. - History.—s. 16, ch. 2015-97.

720.302 - Purposes, scope, and application. - (1) The purposes of this chapter are to give statutory...

720.303 - Association powers and duties; meetings of board; official records; budgets; financial reporting; association funds; recalls. - (1) POWERS AND DUTIES.—An association which operates a community as...

720.3032 - Notice of association information; preservation from Marketable Record Title Act. - (1) Any property owners’ association desiring to preserve covenants from...

720.3033 - Officers and directors. - (1)(a) Within 90 days after being elected or appointed to...

720.3035 - Architectural control covenants; parcel owner improvements; rights and privileges. - (1) The authority of an association or any architectural, construction...

720.304 - Right of owners to peaceably assemble; display of flag; SLAPP suits prohibited. - (1) All common areas and recreational facilities serving any homeowners’...

720.305 - Obligations of members; remedies at law or in equity; levy of fines and suspension of use rights. - (1) Each member and the member’s tenants, guests, and invitees,...

720.3053 - Failure to fill vacancies on board of directors sufficient to constitute a quorum; appointment of receiver upon petition of member. - (1) If an association fails to fill vacancies on the...

720.3055 - Contracts for products and services; in writing; bids; exceptions. - (1) All contracts as further described in this section or...

720.306 - Meetings of members; voting and election procedures; amendments. - (1) QUORUM; AMENDMENTS.— (a) Unless a lower number is provided...

720.307 - Transition of association control in a community. - (1) Members other than the developer are entitled to elect...

720.3075 - Prohibited clauses in association documents. - (1) It is declared that the public policy of this...

720.308 - Assessments and charges. - (1) ASSESSMENTS.—For any community created after October 1, 1995, the...

720.3085 - Payment for assessments; lien claims. - (1) When authorized by the governing documents, the association has...

720.30851 - Estoppel certificates. - (1) An estoppel certificate may be completed by any board...

720.3086 - Financial report. - History.—s. 64, ch. 95-274; s. 26, ch. 2004-345; s. 22,...

720.309 - Agreements entered into by the association. - (1) Any grant or reservation made by any document, and...

720.31 - Recreational leaseholds; right to acquire; escalation clauses. - (1) Any lease of recreational or other commonly used facilities...

720.311 - Dispute resolution. - (1) The Legislature finds that alternative dispute resolution has made...

720.312 - Declaration of covenants; survival after tax deed or foreclosure. - History.—s. 62, ch. 95-274; s. 51, ch. 2000-258. Note.—Former s....

720.313 - Receivership notification. - History.—s. 10, ch. 2008-202.

720.315 - Passage of special assessments. - History.—s. 28, ch. 2010-174.

720.316 - Association emergency powers. - (1) To the extent allowed by law, unless specifically prohibited...

720.317 - Electronic voting. - (1) The association provides each member with: (a) A method...

720.318 - Law enforcement vehicles. - History.—s. 3, ch. 2020-5.

Part II - Disclosure Prior to Sale of Residential Parcels (Ss. 720.401, 720.402)

720.401 - Prospective purchasers subject to association membership requirement; disclosure required; covenants; assessments; contract cancellation. - (1)(a) A prospective parcel owner in a community must be...

720.402 - Publication of false and misleading information. - (1) Any person who, in reasonable reliance upon any material...

Part III - Covenant Revitalization (Ss. 720.403-720.407)

720.403 - Preservation of communities; revival of declaration of covenants. - (1) Consistent with required and optional elements of local comprehensive...

720.404 - Eligible communities; requirements for revival of declaration. - (1) All parcels to be governed by the revived declaration...

720.405 - Organizing committee; parcel owner approval. - (1) The proposal to revive a declaration of covenants and...

720.406 - Department of Economic Opportunity; submission; review and determination. - (1) No later than 60 days after the date the...

720.407 - Recording; notice of recording; applicability and effective date. - (1) No later than 30 days after receiving approval from...