David M. Bendoff
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Lawyer not needed to defend small claims lawsuitFeb 27, 2015 11:00 pm - Q. A contractor the board hired to do paving work for the association has filed suit against the association. The contractor claims the association has failed to pay abo...
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Process to fill a pending board vacancy can beginFeb 20, 2015 11:00 pm - Q. You recently wrote about board member resignations. I have a related question. A board member of our association issued a written resignation. However, the resignatio...
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Board can be asked to cast proxy voteFeb 13, 2015 11:00 pm - Q. We have our election of board members coming up in March. Many owners submit proxies naming "the board" as the proxy holder. These proxies frequently don't instruct t...
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Board can take action to remove bird feederFeb 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Q. A homeowner in our association refuses to follow our rule that prohibits feeding of the birds or wild animals. She keeps a large dish of seed and food on the common a...
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State can involuntarily dissolve associationJan 30, 2015 11:01 pm - Q. I was looking at the Illinois Secretary of State's website, and it indicates that our homeowner association, a not-for-profit corporation, was involuntarily dissolved...
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Owner who does not pay assessments can be charged to fix unitJan 23, 2015 11:01 pm - Q. By court order, our association recently took possession of a unit from an owner who did not pay assessments. The unit is filthy and several appliances do not work or...
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State gives leeway in use of technologyJan 09, 2015 11:01 pm - The Illinois Condominium Property Act is catching up with technology, as evidenced by recent additions to the law that are effective this year. These additions have spaw...
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Tax bill more than assessed valuationJan 02, 2015 11:01 pm - Q. I read your column concerning real estate tax appeals on condominium units. My mother-in-law's association went through this process last year. The assessed value of ...
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Municipality does not have to accept private streetsDec 26, 2014 11:01 pm - Q. The streets in our association are privately owned, and are quite expensive to maintain and plow of snow. Can an association dedicate its private streets to the local...
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Boards can file assessed valuation challenges for all ownersDec 19, 2014 11:01 pm - Q. I live in a condominium. Many of the owners want to have the county's assessed valuation of our individual units challenged, in order to reduce our individual unit re...