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FishHawk Ranch Document Assistant

How it works

Last updated: 2026-05-17 by HawkHOA

Ask. Read the citation. Verify in under a minute.

HawkHOA answers Florida HOA statute questions through a four-step pipeline: an intake check that refuses out-of-scope questions, a hybrid semantic and keyword search across Florida Chapters 720, 617, and 712, an answer that is grounded in the exact passage and section number from the source, and a verification pass that flags any borderline match before the answer ships. The citation is the answer; the narrative is supporting context.

The system refuses questions asking for legal interpretation or applying rules to specific situations. For the canonical text of every cited section, see flsenate.gov / Laws / Statutes / Chapter 720.

  1. step 01

    How does the intake check decide what is in scope?

    Before any document search, HawkHOA checks whether your question is something the system is designed to answer. Out-of-scope questions get redirected to the appropriate professional, not paraphrased into a half-answer:

    • -Questions seeking legal interpretation get redirected to a Florida-licensed attorney. The system is not a law firm; it does not give legal advice.
    • -Questions asking to apply rules to specific people ("is my neighbor's fence allowed") get refused because compliance determinations are the board's job, not an AI's.
    • -Tax or financial questions get redirected to a CPA.
    • -Medical or safety emergencies get redirected to 911.
  2. step 02

    What does a cited answer look like?

    If the question passes intake, HawkHOA searches the full FishHawk Ranch HOA and CDD document library and Florida Statutes Chapters 720, 617, and 712, using hybrid semantic + keyword retrieval. Top candidates are rescored against your question's intent so the most relevant passages reach the model. Every substantive answer comes with the exact passage, section number, and quoted text:

    F.S. 720.303(5)(b)

    “The failure of an association to provide access to the records within 10 business days after receipt of a written request submitted by certified mail, return receipt requested, creates a rebuttable presumption that the association willfully failed to comply with this subsection.”

    Florida Chapter 720 / Official records / Verified against the current enrolled bill

  3. step 03

    How can a board verify the answer in under a minute?

    Click through to the source. The citation is the answer; the narrative is supporting context. Before you ever see a response, HawkHOA checks that every cited quote actually appears in the named source document. If a quote does not ground word-for-word, the answer is flagged for review rather than shipped as fact.

  4. step 04

    What happens when the corpus is silent?

    If neither FishHawk Ranch's HOA and CDD documents nor Florida Chapters 720, 617, and 712 contain a clear answer, HawkHOA refuses rather than paraphrases. Questions asking for legal interpretation, financial counsel, or the application of a rule to a specific situation get redirected to a licensed professional. We are confident in the system AND we know AI can make mistakes; the final verification is always yours.

Why does the system cite chapters 720, 617, and 712?

These three chapters of the Florida Statutes govern the operating life of a Florida HOA. Chapter 720 is the Homeowners Association Act, which defines board duties, member rights, records access, the fining-and-hearing committee structure, the special-assessment notice rules, and the reserve-funding framework. Chapter 617 is the Florida Not For Profit Corporation Act; most HOAs are organized under it, and it controls quorum, voting, director removal, and indemnification questions that Chapter 720 leaves silent. Chapter 712 is the Marketable Record Title Act, which covers how a community preserves and re-records its restrictive covenants over time. Public-records cross references to Chapter 119 are surfaced where they apply to HOA records requests. The canonical text of every cited section is at flsenate.gov / Laws / Statutes / Chapter 720.

What is out of scope for HawkHOA?

The system is deliberately narrow. Questions outside Florida HOA statutes (Chapters 720, 617, and 712) are out of scope and refused by the system. Tax questions are redirected to a CPA. Compliance determinations on a specific homeowner are the board's job, not the AI's. Florida community association manager (CAM) licensure questions are redirected to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation at myfloridalicense.com / DBPR. Situation-specific legal questions are redirected to a Florida-licensed attorney; the Florida Bar Lawyer Referral Service operates at 1-800-342-8011.

A note on citation accuracy.

The system aims for the source quote to ground the cited claim word-for-word. In the small number of cases where the verification check finds the quote is a borderline match for the cited section number, the answer is logged with a verification flag for review. We disclose this rather than imply 100% match accuracy. The audit log records the verification state of every answer.

Related reading

Florida HOA resources

Plain-English explainers for the Florida statutes that govern homeowners associations. Each page cites the current enrolled bill text.

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