
During the 87th聽regular聽session,聽the聽Texas聽legislature passed聽聽which amended Chapter 209 of the Texas Property Code governing certain property owners ' associations (more commonly known as HOAs) to address a number of HOA-related issues, including providing greater transparency in HOA operations and leadership. HOAs are required to maintain certain information on a 鈥渕anagement certificate,鈥� including items like the name and mailing address of the HOA, the name and contact information of the person managing the HOA, and the website address used to access the HOA鈥檚 dedicatory instruments. HOAs must record their management certificates (or amended management certificates) with the county clerk in the county of record where the HOA is located. 聽To make this information easier to access for the public, SB 1588 requires HOAs to also electronically file these certificates (and amendments) with the Texas Real Estate Commission (星空体育app下载) and requires 星空体育app下载 to develop a website by December 1st to provide the public access to these certificates.
星空体育app下载 has created a website specifically dedicated to HOA management certificates, which is available at, . This website provides both a means for HOAs to upload their management certificates to a central database and a means by which the public can search for and access the management certificates after they have been uploaded.聽聽聽
Not all HOA management certificates will be available on the website as of聽 December 1, 2021. The deadlines by which an HOA must file its management certificate or amended management certificate with 星空体育app下载 depends on when an HOA filed its certificate with the county clerk in the county of record where the HOA is located:
- HOAs that filed a management certificate or amended management certificate with the county clerk after December 1, 2021, has seven (7) days to file with 星空体育app下载.
- HOAs that filed a management certificate or amended management certificate with the county clerk on or before December 1, 2021, have until June 1, 2022, to file with 星空体育app下载.
PLEASE NOTE: While 星空体育app下载 is responsible for maintaining this centralized database and website, 星空体育app下载 does not have regulatory authority over HOAs. This means that 星空体育app下载 does not license or register HOAs and 星空体育app下载 does not have enforcement jurisdiction over HOA.