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One of the most common and thorniest of legal issues facing condominium associations involves determining who is responsible to cover the cost of damages caused by a water leak or other such water intrusion event. The answer to this question turns on the particular facts of the case. Was the leak ... Read More »

Florida’s Homeowners Association Act and Florida’s Condominium Act gives a community association an often times overlooked additional collection tool in its arsenal. If the parcel/unit is occupied by a tenant and the owner is delinquent in paying any monetary obligation due to the association, the ... Read More »

The thorniest and most frustrating aspect of community associationliving involves ensuring owners’ compliance with the rules as setforth in the Governing Documents. Recalcitrant owners often makea mission to shirk compliance based upon their own misbeliefs as totheir association related obligations. ... Read More »

As involving real property, if one fails to pay their property taxes by March 31, 2021, a tax certificate will be auctioned by the County Tax Collector. Tax certificates are auctioned off in an “interest rate bid down” procedure. The tax certificate will be awarded to the person/entity willing to ... Read More »

Important Accounting Options and Differences SJW Law Group, PLLC was formed in 2018 headed by Scott J. Wortman, Esq. who has been practicing law for twenty-five (25) years. Scott J. Wortman, Esq. is a Florida Bar Board Certified Real Estate Attorney and a Florida Bar Board Certified Condominium ... Read More »