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Category: Community Association Management


Condominium Audits

Wednesday, February, 7th, 2024 at 3:58 am by John A. Morris, Esq.

By John A. Morris, Esq. Under Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 514B-150, all condominium associations with 20 or more units must annually have an audit and an unannounced cash balance verification.  Condominium associations with fewer than 20 units may waive those requirements by a majority vote at a meeting.  Subject to certain exceptions, an association must make a copy of the audit available to all owners and must provide a copy to those owners who request [Read More...]

Second Take on the Corporate Transparency Act

Monday, January, 29th, 2024 at 6:46 pm by Richard S. Ekimoto, Esq.

By Richard S. Ekimoto, Esq. Last week, I posted information about the Corporate Transparency Act. The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is a federal law adopted in 2021 which requires Reporting Companies to file information with FinCen about its Beneficial Owners. In my post, I stated that most of the exemptions for Reporting Companies would probably not apply to community associations. I wanted to provide you with a second take from a good friend of mine, [Read More...]

Community Associations and the Corporate Transparency Act

Friday, January, 19th, 2024 at 1:03 am by Richard S. Ekimoto, Esq.

By Richard S. Ekimoto, Esq. Background about the CTA The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is a federal law that adopted in 2021. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCen”) in the U.S. Department of the Treasury promulgated regulations implementing the Beneficial Ownership Information (“BOI”) Reporting requirements for all covered entities. The regulations are codified as 31 CFR 1010.380 (“BOI Reporting Regulation”). The CTA and the BOI Reporting Regulation were adopted because: Illicit actors frequently use corporate [Read More...]

Richard Ekimoto Speaking on Fair Housing at the 2017 CAI National Conference

Monday, May, 1st, 2017 at 8:27 pm by Richard S. Ekimoto, Esq.

For those of you attending the 2017 CAI National Conference in Las Vegas this week, please be sure to attend the session “A Service Dog by Any Other Name” on Friday, May 5, 2017 from 9:30-10:20 a.m.  The session is sure to be interesting.  Custom K9 Services will be on hand to provide a demonstration involving an assistance animal.  Custom K9 Services supplies dogs to military and police departments across the U.S. and Canada, and has [Read More...]

Court Rules Management Company Not a Debt Collector Under FDCPA

Wednesday, October, 17th, 2012 at 5:28 am by Richard S. Ekimoto, Esq.

A few days ago, the Federal District Court for the District of Hawaii ruled that a management company is not a debt collector under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”).  Although the legal principles in the decision are not particularly new, it does provide an opportunity to discuss the FDCPA and management companies. The FDCPA requires debt collectors to meet certain requirements in the collection of a debt, including a requirement to provide the [Read More...]