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Washington law 64.38 addresses special assessments by homeowners associations. This law requires that any special assessment be authorized by the association's governing documents and that notice be provided to all homeowners. The law also establishes procedures for challenging special assessments and provides remedies for nonpayment of assessments.

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RCW (Revised Code of Washington) 64.38 is the law governing homeowner associations.

Homeowner associations are directed by this law to impose and collect assessments, impose and collect fines for paying assessments late, and audit the financial records of associations with gross assessments higher than $50,000.

Special assessments are usually levied when the association must pay for repairs which are or could be:

  • unexpected
  • more costly than reserve funds can cover
  • for some other well-documented reason
As an owner, whether the assessment is a regular assessment or a special assessment, you are legally obligated to pay the assessment.

Review your governing documents to determine the lengths to which the association can go in order to collect the assessment, including selling your property to pay the debt. Also, to understand your responsibility to pay assessments.


In addition, you can work closely with your association's board to more fully understand the reason for any special assessment.
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