Month: April 2021

Almost every association I ever represented complains about the community pest who won’t stop asking for access to records.  Can the association stop it or at least limit it?  Florida Statute 718.111 (12) states:  The association may adopt reasonable rules regarding the frequency, time, location, notice, and manner of record inspections and copying. The failure…

The Supreme Court of Iowa came out with a big decision regarding emotional support animal law that I’m hoping Florida eventually follows as well.  Karen Cohen vs. David Clark And 2800-1 LLC.  This case involves a tenant with pet allergies who deliberately moved into an apartment building due to its no-pets policy.  However, later on,…

It’s amazing when you think about it……. I get asked questions about emotional support animals all the time.  I tell everyone that sometimes I can’t give an answer off the cuff.  I would need to know more, it’s not that simple.  Well, to prove that point, this is the third week in a row I’m…

Suppose an owner or a renter makes a request to keep an emotional support animal.  Suppose further that the person’s disability is not readily apparent.  What proof can the association ask for to prove the person is disabled? (b) If a person’s disability is not readily apparent, request reliable information that reasonably supports that the person…

Florida now has a statute that clarifies what associations should and should not do when someone asks to have an emotional support animal in a “no pet” community.  We will try to answer  a lot of your questions over the next two or three weeks regarding what you can and cannot do when an owner…