Georgia association records requests

Nonprofit corporation code

O.C.G.A. 14-3-1602, 14-3-1605 read at a secondary source

This applies to HOAs organized as Georgia nonprofit corporations. It is a fallback because the Georgia Property Owners' Association Act and the Georgia Condominium Act give owners no inspection right with a response deadline.

Who may ask

A member of the corporation.

What starts the clock

A written notice or demand given at least five business days before the date the member wants to inspect. For accounting records, board and committee minute excerpts and the membership list, the demand must be in good faith, for a proper purpose, and describe the records with reasonable particularity.

Deadline

The member gives at least 5 business days' written notice; the association then makes the records available at a reasonable time and place it specifies.

Extensions

The statute provides no extension.

What may be withheld

Accounting records, minute excerpts and the membership list unless the member shows a good-faith proper purpose.

What must be protected

The corporation may place reasonable confidentiality, use or distribution limits on those records.

Record keeping

Core records, including member meeting minutes and communications for the past three years.