Jason Massad, Tribune

A Pinal County judge has ruled that a homeowners association will now control property on which Johnson Utilities recently spilled raw sewage.The Pecan Creek Community Association Inc., representing residents of the Pecan Creek development, legally terminated a lease with Johnson Utilities on more than 100 acres that the company plans to use as a large underground leach field, according to a court ruling by Judge Robert Carter Olson of Pinal County Superior Court.read more »

Court decision states both parties were right, but RA stands to pay more than $50,000.

By Mirza Kurspahic

Reston Association has been ordered to pay approximately $58,000 to the Archery Trade Association after the Virginia Supreme Court refused to hear the homeowner association’s appeal regarding a bow hunting decision reached at a Fairfax County court last December.read more »

By NATHAN HALVERSON | THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

California's building codes, plumbing standards and criminal laws can be found online.

But if you want to download and save those laws to your computer, forget it.

The state claims copyright to those laws. It dictates how you can access and distribute them -- and therefore how much you'll have to pay for print or digital copies.

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Man’s lawyers want judge to set action aside or drop fine to $50

By RAQUEL RUTLEDGE, rrutledge@journalsentinel.com

The City of Milwaukee is digging in its heels in its attempt to foreclose on the home of a man who failed to pay a fine for parking an unlicensed van in his parents’ driveway.read more »

By KELLY BENNETT

When the buyers at El Cortez signed stacks of papers to purchase their condos in fall 2004 and 2005, they signed a two-page item called a "repurchase addendum." Buyers say it was marketed to them as a protection -- if they had any qualms with the developer over the construction or design of the project, the developer would purchase their unit back at whatever the current market value would be.read more »

By Drew Houff | The Winchester Star

Winchester — Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Lake Holiday Country Club Inc. filed additional paperwork Friday, requesting a declaration that the organization is not a property owners’ association.read more »

By Eric Richardson

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — On June 17th, developer Barry Shy and 5th St Lofts LLC filed a lawsuit against two homeowners in the SB Grand lofts. The lawsuit alleges that the two, along with an unknown number of "John Does," made statements on the internet that led to a loss of business for 5th St Lofts and slandered both Shy and the company.read more »

Paola Iuspa-Abbott | Daily Business Review

As bills mounted and revenue shrank, the board of Miami Beach's luxury Bentley Bay condo knew it had to take drastic action.

Facing a spike in delinquencies and the need to pay the bills, the Bentley's condo association opted to take a hard line with lenders that took over units there -- many from investors who went into foreclosure.read more »

Use of piers, boatslips held invalid

by David Ziemer

A lake property owner cannot sell the right to use a pier or boatslip.

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals held on July 3 that the right to “use” a pier is a riparian right, and thus subject to the ban in sec. 30.133 on its “conveyance.”read more »

How cities use eminent domain to seize property for private developers.

By Sam Staley

The corner of Country Club Drive and Main Street in Mesa, Arizona, doesn't look like much, but this dusty plot of land is at the center of a growing debate over property rights.
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