Texas HOA & Condo Records Request
Request HOA Records in Texas
Texas uses a different records-access statute for property owners' associations than for condominiums. Tell us which one applies to you, and we'll draft the correct request.
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📘 Short Answer
Under Texas Property Code §209.005, HOA members have the right to inspect and obtain copies of many association books and records, including financial records, meeting minutes, contracts, bylaws, and restrictive covenants. The request must be in writing, sent by certified mail, with enough detail to identify the records, and must state whether you want to inspect the records before obtaining copies or have copies forwarded to you. The association generally must respond within 10 business days, or send a written delay notice with a production date no later than 15 business days after that notice.
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Tell us which HOA records you need
We check it against Texas Property Code Chapters 81, 82, 202, and 209
See what it says, what may be missing, and your options
How to make a records request
- ✓Submit the request in writing, sent by certified mail, and identify the specific records you want with sufficient detail
- ✓State whether you elect to inspect the records before obtaining copies, or to have the association forward copies
- ✓Track the 10-business-day response deadline — if the association can't meet it, it must send a written delay notice with a new production date no later than 15 business days after that notice
Records Texas HOA members can usually request
- ✓Financial records, meeting minutes, and contracts
- ✓Bylaws, restrictive covenants, and other governing documents
- ✓Records related to association operations, subject to the association's recorded records-production and cost policy
What your free draft includes
- ✓A professionally drafted records request citing §209.005
- ✓The statutory inspect-vs-copies election, stated as the law requires
- ✓A reference to the association's 10-business-day response deadline and the delayed-production procedure
- ✓A reminder to send the request by certified mail to the address on the association's current Management Certificate
Common mistakes to avoid
- ×Sending an informal email or text instead of a certified-mail written request
- ×Leaving out the required election between inspection and copies
- ×Describing the records too vaguely to satisfy the "sufficient detail" standard
- ×Assuming every association document is inspectable, including privileged or protected records
⚖️ Relevant Texas Law
- § Tex. Prop. Code §209.005 — Gives property owners’ association (POA/HOA) members the right to inspect and obtain association records; sets certified-mail request, response, and delay-notice rules.
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📘 Short Answer
Under Texas Property Code §82.1141, condominium unit owners have the right to inspect and obtain copies of association books and records. The request must be in writing, sent by certified mail, with enough detail to identify the records, and must state whether you want to inspect the records before obtaining copies or have copies forwarded to you. The association generally must respond within 10 business days, or send a written delay notice with a production date no later than 15 business days after that notice.
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Tell us which condo records you need
We check it against Texas Property Code Chapters 81, 82, 202, and 209
See what it says, what may be missing, and your options
How to make a records request
- ✓Submit the request in writing, sent by certified mail, and identify the specific records you want with sufficient detail
- ✓State whether you elect to inspect the records before obtaining copies, or to have the association forward copies
- ✓Track the 10-business-day response deadline — if the association can't meet it, it must send a written delay notice with a new production date no later than 15 business days after that notice
Records Texas condo owners can usually request
- ✓Financial records, meeting minutes, and contracts
- ✓The declaration, bylaws, and other governing documents
- ✓Records related to association operations, subject to the association's own format and cost practices
What your free draft includes
- ✓A professionally drafted records request citing §82.1141
- ✓The statutory inspect-vs-copies election, stated as the law requires
- ✓A reference to the association's 10-business-day response deadline and the delayed-production procedure
- ✓A reminder to send the request by certified mail to the address on the association's current Management Certificate
Common mistakes to avoid
- ×Sending an informal email or text instead of a certified-mail written request
- ×Leaving out the required election between inspection and copies
- ×Describing the records too vaguely to satisfy the "sufficient detail" standard
- ×Assuming Chapter 82 applies without checking whether your declaration was recorded before 1994 and, if so, whether owners adopted Chapter 82 by a recorded amendment
⚖️ Relevant Texas Law
- § Tex. Prop. Code §82.1141 — Gives condominium unit owners the right to inspect and obtain association records under the Texas Uniform Condominium Act; sets the same certified-mail, election, and response-deadline framework as §209.005.
- § Tex. Prop. Code §82.002 — Chapter 82 applies automatically to condominiums with a declaration recorded on or after January 1, 1994; an older condominium is covered only if it adopted Chapter 82 by a recorded amendment (or a pre-1994 provision applying it in its entirety) — §82.1141 is not among the sections that apply to a pre-1994 condominium that did not adopt Chapter 82.
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