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Hi RobHaas,

Does your HOA have a reserve fund set up? The reserve fund could cover some or all of the cost of repairing the septic system. Your HOA board generally doesn’t need a vote to levy special assessments unless your state laws/governing documents require it or it goes beyond a specific amount or percentage as dictated by your CC&Rs.

Restarting an HOA that has gone mismanaged or inactive for years can be difficult. I would advise you to establish an HOA board first so that things can start getting back on track. Homeowners should be notified that the HOA is restarting back up and that they should be prepared to pay dues again. It’s important to review your governing documents to know what you can and can’t do moving forward, including things like maintenance, special assessments, etc.

Hope this helps.

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Thank you for your answer. The HOA has no reserve funds set up. We do have an active board but so far they are refusing to act on the matter. I have spent my own cash on getting the system working temporarily. Rather than pursue legal means I have decided to get the county involved. I called the county inspector and she said as long as there are no odor or viable leakage there isn’t much they can do yet. But, I’m sure it’s just a matter of time before the system totally fails and the inspector can take action to force the HOA to take action or face fines. In hind sight I wish I would have checked into the community system before purchasing the property, but who does these things?
I find it rather odd the community won’t spend 600 every 6 months to properly maintain a system, then have it potentially fail costing 100,000’s….it’s just stupid.

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