Unpaid HOA Assessments: Your Rights Under Davis-Stirling

  Under the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act the amount of any unpaid association assessment, plus the reasonable costs of collection, late charges, and interest, constitutes a debt of the owner. After complying with notice requirements an association may record a lien for delinquent assessments against the property of an owner. The lien may then be enforced through the nonjudicial foreclosure process applicable to powers of sale in mortgages and deeds of trust. Continue reading