Answer board questions with the statute, not a guess.
When a resident serves a records request under Ch. 720.303(5), you have 10 business days. When you convene a fine hearing committee under 720.305(2), the composition rule is specific. HOAStream quotes the statute and your declaration side-by-side so the board acts from the text, not memory.
Citation-first answers · Florida Chapter 720 in scope · Refuses when the corpus is silent
The budget math (between attorney calls)
Routine recurring questions about Ch. 720 records-inspection timing, ARC turnaround, or quorum rules don't need a new outside-counsel call every time they come up. HOAStream is a flat-monthly subscription positioned between do-it-from-memory and call-the-attorney; the exact tier lands after our pre-launch customer-research round (see pricing). Boards that want early-access pricing can join the waitlist below.
| Dimension | Reading the 120-page declaration | Emailing the attorney | HOAStream |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnaround | Hours, if the section exists | Days | Sub-second on cached questions |
| Cost per answer | Board volunteer time | Billed at the firm hourly rate | Flat monthly subscription |
| Citation discipline | You have to know where to look | High (written opinion) | Citation-first, source-quoted |
| Works at 10 PM before the Thursday meeting | If you brought it home | No | Yes |
| Declaration-vintage statute pinning | Only if you remember to check | Usually handled | Automatic per declaration date |
Why boards use HOAStream between attorney calls
- Board-turnover insurance. Next year's treasurer gets the same cited answers the current treasurer gets. No re-teaching every January.
- Same-day resident replies. Forward a resident the source paragraph plus the Ch. 720 citation and the complaint de-escalates faster than a committee meeting.
- No UPL exposure. HOAStream never interprets your declaration or recommends action. The banned-word linter rejects advice-framing at the output level. Your retained attorney remains the decision-maker on anything non-routine.
- Your documents, your voice. Answers reference your Declaration of Covenants, Bylaws, and ACC standards, not generic HOA advice.
Engineering transparency for the attorney who will vet this: trust and engineering details
Does HOAStream replace our management software?
No. HOAStream is a narrow statute-Q&A layerthat runs alongside whatever property-management platform your association already uses, PayHOA, TownSq, AppFolio HOA, Vantaca (including HOAi back-office automation), or a traditional desktop tool. Your accounting, dues collection, meeting minutes, and resident portal stay where they are. HOAStream handles the recurring statute-citation questions those tools were never designed to answer.
If your board is happy with the current platform, HOAStream bolts onto it. If your board is evaluating a new platform, HOAStream is the legal-brain layer that the evaluation comparison matrix doesn’t usually include.
What you get after the email
- A 4-minute walkthrough tailored for boards, records requests, fine hearings, assessment votes, and declaration-vintage statute questions.
- A one-page brief your attorney can mark up before your board signs off.
- An invitation to the pre-launch waitlist with early-access pricing once the tier is finalized.
The UPL discipline every answer inherits
HOAStream provides legal information, not legal advice. Outputs are factual statute and document text. The assistant never evaluates a board's specific situation or recommends action; advice-seeking questions get redirected to the association's retained attorney or management company.
Board-member contact information is never scraped from member rosters, registries, or community records. We respect Ch. 720.303(5)(b) by construction, our outreach sources are public B2B pages only (attorney blogs, podcast guest lists, CAM directories).
Built by an independent team. HOAStream is not affiliated with the Florida Bar, the DBPR, or any HOA management association.
Florida statute reference for your board
Thirty-plus plain-English walkthroughs of the Chapter 720 sections your board runs into every year. Each post quotes the statute verbatim and answers the specific operational question boards actually ask. Skim before the next meeting.
Board duties + fiduciary
- Three duties directors owe the association
- Director financial disclosure
- Insurance + D&O coverage gaps
- Enforcement escalation playbook
- Pre-suit mediation preparation playbook
- Owner complaint intake + resolution playbook
- Community communication + newsletter playbook
- When litigation economics cut both ways
- Director conflict-of-interest rules (Ch. 617)
- Director indemnification + D&O gap
- CAM-licensing requirements (Ch. 468)
- Vendor contract annual-review playbook
- CAM selection + hiring playbook
Meetings + votes
- Annual meeting playbook
- Election + ballot integrity playbook
- New board onboarding playbook
- Board meeting agenda + Robert's Rules playbook
- Developer-to-member transition playbook
- Rule change + declaration amendment playbook
- Open-meeting + email-vote prohibition
- 48-hour notice rule
- Resident recording rights
- Director-election six-step procedure
- Proxy voting + 90-day validity
- Recall procedure
Enforcement + dispute posture
Collections + assessments
- Budget + reserves annual cycle
- Reserve study + funding plan playbook
- Fidelity bond + financial controls playbook
- Capital projects procurement playbook
- 30/60/90/120-day delinquency playbook
- Assessment lien mechanics
- Payment plan cascade
- Foreclosure sequence
- Special-assessment procedure
- Budget + reserve-waiver math
- Reserve-fund accounting rules
- Annual financial report tiers
- Owner-obligation cost recovery (720.312)
Records + transparency
- Records-request response playbook
- Seller disclosure + estoppel package playbook
- New owner welcome + onboarding playbook
- Annual legal + compliance audit playbook
- Statute tracking + amendment monitoring playbook
- HOA + CDD + master association interaction playbook
- Ten questions to ask an HOA attorney
- Meeting minutes + records retention playbook
- 10-business-day clock
- Carve-outs + willful-denial presumption
- Website-posting mandate
- Website + 720.303(4) compliance setup playbook
- Anti-solicitation rule on member records
- Seller disclosure at property sales
- Estoppel letter regulation
- Records-copy fee rules
Operations + structure
- Maintenance vs alteration
- Flag display rights (pre-emption)
- Rental restriction limits
- Short-term + vacation rental playbook
- Rule-change amendment playbook
- MRTA 30-year sunset
- Amendment monitoring + declaration vintage
- Declaration recording (F.S. 720.3075)
- Solar-access pre-emption (163.04 + 720.3075)
- Insurance renewal + claims playbook
- Community safety + liability playbook
- Amenity booking + reservation rules playbook
- Noise + nuisance enforcement playbook
- Trash + recycling + bulk pickup rules playbook
- Age-restricted + 55+ HOPA compliance playbook
- Fencing + walls + hedge rules playbook
- Exterior paint + color palette playbook
- Cybersecurity + data-breach response playbook
- Board ethics + fiduciary duty + code of conduct playbook
- Pool safety + VGB + DOH 64E-9 compliance playbook
- Playground safety + ASTM F1487 + CPSC compliance playbook
- Pet + animal rules playbook
- Landscaping + lawn maintenance rules playbook
- Parking + vehicle rules playbook
- Gate + access control + security playbook
- Holiday decoration + seasonal rules playbook
- Emergency powers + hurricane response playbook
- Hurricane shutters + impact windows playbook
- Emergency-powers framework (720.316)
Full chronological archive at /blog.