State laws
Association records request laws, state by state
Most states give owners a legal right to inspect and copy their association's records. The deadline, how the days are counted and what may be held back differ from state to state, and often between condominiums and HOAs in the same state.
| State | Shortest deadline | Associations covered |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | A reasonable time | HOAs and condominiums |
| Alaska | A reasonable time | Condominiums, planned communities and cooperatives under the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act |
| Arizona | 10 business days | Condominiums and planned communities (HOAs) |
| Arkansas | A reasonable time | Condominiums (horizontal property regimes), for the receipts and expenditures book only |
| California | 10 business days | Condominiums, planned developments, community apartment projects and stock cooperatives (all common interest developments) |
| Colorado | 30 calendar days | Condominiums, planned communities and cooperatives under the Common Interest Ownership Act |
| Connecticut | 5 business days to offer dates | Condominiums, planned communities and cooperatives under the Common Interest Ownership Act |
| Delaware | 5 days' notice | Condominiums, planned communities and cooperatives under the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act |
| District of Columbia | 5 business days' notice | Condominiums; HOAs and cooperatives organized as nonprofit corporations |
| Florida | 10 working days | Condominiums, cooperatives, HOAs |
| Georgia | 5 business days' notice | Nonprofit corporation law only |
| Hawaii | 30 calendar days | Condominiums and planned community associations |
| Idaho | 15 business days' notice | Nonprofit corporation law only |
| Illinois | 10 business days | Condominiums, common interest community (HOA) associations |
| Indiana | A reasonable time | Homeowners associations, condominiums |
| Iowa | 10 business days | Condominiums, HOAs and planned communities, cooperatives |
| Kansas | 10 days' notice | Condominiums and HOAs (planned communities) under the Common Interest Owners Bill of Rights Act |
| Kentucky | A reasonable time | Condominiums and planned communities (HOAs) |
| Louisiana | A reasonable time | Condominiums and planned communities (HOAs) |
| Maine | 10 days' notice | Condominiums |
| Maryland | 21 days | Condominiums, HOAs and cooperative housing corporations |
| Massachusetts | A reasonable time | Condominiums |
| Michigan | 5 business days | Condominiums; HOAs only through the nonprofit corporation act |
| Minnesota | A reasonable time | Condominiums, planned communities and cooperatives created on or after June 1, 1994; some others through the nonprofit act |
| Mississippi | 5 business days' notice | Nonprofit corporation law only |
| Missouri | A reasonable time | Condominiums; HOAs through the nonprofit corporation act |
| Montana | 5 business days' notice | Condominiums (receipts and expenditures records); HOAs through the nonprofit corporation act |
| Nebraska | A reasonable time | Condominiums; HOAs through the nonprofit corporation act |
| Nevada | 21 days | Condominiums, planned communities and cooperatives (common-interest communities) |
| New Hampshire | 15 days | Condominiums; homeowners' associations (new rule starts January 1, 2027) |
| New Jersey | 5 days' notice | Condominiums (accounting records only); nonprofit HOAs through the nonprofit corporation act |
| New Mexico | 10 business days | HOAs (planned communities) and condominiums |
| New York | 5 days' notice | Condominiums (financial records only), co-op corporations and nonprofit HOAs (through corporation laws) |
| North Carolina | A reasonable time | Condominiums and planned communities (HOAs) |
| North Dakota | A reasonable time | Nonprofit corporation law only |
| Ohio | A reasonable time | Condominiums, planned communities (HOAs) |
| Oklahoma | A reasonable time | Condominiums (unit ownership estates), for the receipts and expenditures book only |
| Oregon | 10 business days | Planned communities and HOAs, condominiums |
| Pennsylvania | 5 business days | Condominiums, planned communities (HOAs), and nonprofit corporations |
| Rhode Island | 30 days | Condominiums; nonprofit corporation associations through the nonprofit act |
| South Carolina | 5 business days' notice | HOAs (budget and membership lists, or full nonprofit rights), and condominiums (receipts book and vouchers) |
| South Dakota | A reasonable time | Nonprofit corporation law only |
| Tennessee | 5 business days' notice | Condominiums (reasonable access); HOAs through the nonprofit corporation act |
| Texas | 10 business days | Property owners' associations and condominiums |
| Utah | 10 business days | HOAs (community associations) and condominiums |
| Vermont | 5 days' notice | Condominiums, planned communities and cooperatives under the Common Interest Ownership Act |
| Virginia | 5 business days' notice | Property owners' associations, condominiums and real estate cooperatives |
| Washington | 10 days | Condominiums, HOAs, planned communities and cooperatives under the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act; older condominiums and HOAs under their own acts |
| West Virginia | A reasonable time | Condominiums, planned communities and cooperatives under the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act |
| Wisconsin | 5 business days' notice | Condominiums; HOAs through the nonstock corporation law |
| Wyoming | Notice before inspecting | Nonprofit corporation law only |
"Notice" means the owner must give that much written notice before inspecting, rather than the association having that long to respond. Each page links to the statute on the state legislature's website wherever it publishes one.
How to read these pages
Business days and working days usually skip weekends and state holidays. Calendar days count every day. Where a statute just says "days", we say so rather than guess.
When the clock starts matters as much as its length. Many states count from the day the association receives a written request; Texas also requires certified mail.
These pages summarize the statutes in plain English and are not legal advice. The association's governing documents and its attorney have the final word on a specific request.
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