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Utah special assessments: what your board must do.
Reserve analysis at least every six years; owners can veto the reserve line item.
Why Utah owners are getting these bills
The board must have a reserve analysis done at least every six years and review or update it at least every three years, unless the governing documents say otherwise. Owners must get a yearly summary of it, and each budget must include a reserve fund line item.
Utah Code 57-8-7.5Condos
Does the board need an owner vote?
Utah's Condominium Ownership Act sets no owner vote specifically for special assessments in the sections cited; your declaration and bylaws decide. Owners can veto the reserve fund line item by a 51% vote of all voting interests at a special meeting held within 45 days after the budget is adopted.
Utah Code 57-8-7.5(7)What notice must owners get?
The management committee can act only at a meeting, and must email notice at least 48 hours ahead to any owner who asked for notice, unless a meeting schedule was already given to you. Meetings are open to owners, who must get a reasonable chance to comment, although the committee may close a meeting to discuss a delinquent assessment or fine. This does not apply while the developer controls the association.
Utah Code 57-8-57Your right to see the records
You can inspect or copy the governing documents, latest minutes, budget and financial statement, reserve analysis, insurance certificates, three years of committee minutes, profit and loss statements and balance sheets, and the nonprofit-corporation records. The association must comply within 10 business days after getting your written request. If the association does not comply, it must pay your reasonable costs and attorney fees, and $25 a day from the eleventh business day for the governing documents, latest minutes, and budget and financial statement.
Utah Code 57-8-17Payment plans, late fees and liens
The association has a lien on your unit for assessments and collection costs, ranking behind recorded first or second mortgages and property taxes. Unpaid assessments accrue interest at the rate in Utah Code 15-1-1(2) unless the governing documents set another; the sections cited set no late-fee cap or payment-plan right. Before a nonjudicial foreclosure, the association must send a certified-mail notice at least 30 calendar days ahead, and you can demand a judicial foreclosure instead.
Utah Code 57-8-44; 57-8-46HOAs (houses and townhouses)
Owner vote
Utah's Community Association Act sets no owner vote specifically for special assessments in the sections cited; your declaration and bylaws decide. Owners holding 51% of all voting interests can disapprove the annual budget at a special meeting held within 45 days after the board presents it, and can veto the reserve fund line item within 45 days after the budget is adopted.
Utah Code 57-8a-215; 57-8a-211(7)Notice
The board can act only at a meeting, and must email notice at least 48 hours ahead to any owner who asked for notice, unless a meeting schedule was already given to you. Meetings are open to owners, who must get a reasonable chance to comment, although the board may close a meeting for certain topics such as a delinquent assessment or fine. While the developer controls the association, this applies only to a yearly meeting and meetings that raise a fee or assessment, and the board must present the adopted budget to members at a meeting.
Utah Code 57-8a-226; 57-8a-215Records
You can inspect or copy the governing documents, latest minutes, budget and financial statement, reserve analysis, insurance certificates, three years of board minutes, profit and loss statements and balance sheets, and the nonprofit-corporation records. The association must comply within 10 business days after getting your written request. If the association does not comply, it must pay your reasonable costs and attorney fees, and $25 a day from the eleventh business day for the governing documents, latest minutes, and budget and financial statement.
Utah Code 57-8a-227Payment, late fees and liens
A late fee can be no more than the greater of 10% of the assessment or $50, plus interest of up to 1.5% a month, and only after the board has adopted a fee schedule by rule and given every owner a copy. The association has a lien on your lot; before a nonjudicial foreclosure it must send a certified-mail notice at least 30 calendar days ahead, and you can demand a judicial foreclosure instead. Nonjudicial foreclosure cannot be used for fines, or unless the lien includes an assessment more than 180 days overdue.
Utah Code 57-8a-201; 57-8a-301; 57-8a-303Summarised from the statutes in November 2026. Not legal advice; your declaration and bylaws may add more rules.