Nevada Sup Ct. Says HOA Notification of Rule Change Was Insufficient to Uphold Fines for Violations

Nevada Supreme Court decision (October 16, 2015).

In this case, a homeowners association (“Association”) fined homeowners (“Owners”) for bringing their dog into the community clubhouse in violation of the Association’s amended rules that prohibited non-service animals in the clubhouse. Owners contested the fines imposed by Association in an arbitration proceeding concerning the matter. Owners contended that they had never been given proper notice of the change in the HOA rules that contained the prohibition on dogs into the clubhouse.