As community association living continues to grow in Minnesota, so does the need for legal advice. Bloomington-based Thomsen Nybeck offers a full range of legal services for townhome, condominium (condo) and other common interest ownership communities and community associations throughout Minnesota.
Our lawyers presently represent more than 400 townhome and condominium associations in Minnesota. The boards of these associations, which are typically made up of volunteers, are responsible for running communities that may range from two to more than a thousand members. The boards are expected to be current on homeowner's association laws and regulations, ensure assessments are collected fully and promptly, provide for sufficient reserves and adequate maintenance, and respond to disputes among neighbors within the association.
Thomsen Nybeck attorneys offer legal advice and services in all areas of community and condominium association law, including:
- Creating homeowner associations for condominiums and other common interest property owners
- Drafting governing documents
- Amending and enforcing governing documents
- Transfer from developer (also known as transfer of declarant control)
- Serving as general counsel for the board of directors
- Construction defect litigation
- Assessment collection
- Homeowner dispute resolution
- Sale and purchase
- Foreclosure actions
- Advising board members on new laws and changes that affect the association, including the applicability of the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act (MCIOA)
- Mediate and/or arbitrate homeowner association disputes
- Internal management
- Disputes with third parties
The issues that affect homeowners association are varied. However, those issues largely fall into one of two categories: Internal Management and Disputes with Third Parties. For more detailed information as to ways in which Thomsen Nybeck can assist your association in each of those two ways, please click on one of the following links: Internal Management | Disputes with Third Parties.
Our lawyers represent community association boards, community association management companies and property managers. Our lawyers represent individual homeowners in disputes with associations if our firm does not represent that association or its management company.
For more information about community association law, contact the attorneys at Thomsen Nybeck. From our offices in Bloomington, we serve clients throughout the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and greater Minnesota.
For preliminary information on the following subjects, please view the following brochures:
- Roles and Responsibilities of Homeowners' Association Board Members read it now
- Common Documents Governing a Community Association read it now
- Obligations of Community Association Board Members read it now
- When to Take Action on Construction Defect Problems read it now
- What is MCIOA and Whether Your Association Should Opt-in read it now
- Restrictions and Prohibitions Community Associations Can Control read it now
- Top 10 Proactive Ways to Use Your Community Association Attorney read it now