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12 Aug 2024
Court of Appeals Rejects Short-Term Rental Amendment - Again
Just months after rejecting an STR Amendment in another case, the Court of Appeals "doubled down" by ruling a planned community's amendment prohibiting short-term rentals was "unreasonable" and therefore void. -
09 Apr 2024
Court of Appeals Rejects HOA STR Amendment Based on "Character of the Community"
Court finds condo amendment "unreasonable" in light of language in original declaration coupled with fact that short-term renting was "commonplace" in the condominium prior to the amendment. -
05 Mar 2024
Deadline for Community Association Reporting Under the Corporate Transparency Act Approaches
The Act, which applies to most incorporated community associations, requires initial and ongoing disclosure of "beneficial ownership. -
21 Dec 2023
Corporate Transparency Act Launches January 1, 2024
CTA Requires Annual Report Intended to Enhance Transparency Regarding Corporate Ownership to Combat Money Laundering -
08 Aug 2023
NC Shores Up Protection Afforded to Restrictive Covenants under the Marketable Title Act
Law clarifies that the exception for restrictive covenants under the MTA covers entire Declaration -- albeit only under certain circumstances. -
06 Jun 2023
Remote Electronic Notarization Inches Closer to Reality in North Carolina
While real property transactions are increasingly occurring in a solely electronic format, there remains the question of when parties can begin to take advantage of remote electronic notarization as authorized by recent North Carolina law -
18 Jan 2023
2023 Estate & Gift Tax Update
2023 continues to offer the historically large federal unified exemption amount for bequests and lifetime gift-giving in effect since 2018, and because of this significant change from prior years, careful review of tax planning provisions in existing estate planning documents may be warranted ‒ as well as consideration of lifetime gift planning.) -
21 Sep 2021
NC Authorizes Virtual Meetings of Community Associations
While one will never be able to say that the pandemic has had a “silver lining,” it has at least inspired a profound ‒ and welcome ‒ change in the way community associations may hold and conduct meetings. -
08 Dec 2020
2021 Estate & Gift Tax Update
2021 continues the recent trend of an historically large federal unified exemption amount for bequests and lifetime gift-giving, and because of this significant change from earlier years, careful review of tax planning provisions in existing estate planning documents is warranted ‒ as well as consideration of lifetime gift planning. -
02 Sep 2020
Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised is, um, Newly Revised
This Venerated Authority on Parliamentary Procedure is Updated for the First Time in a Decade. -
28 Feb 2020
Changed Circumstances (or not) in a Subdivision
Court of Appeals Decision Revisits Two Important Doctrines. -
21 Jan 2020
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