Governing framework
Texas Property Code Chapter 209
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Making room at the table
Self-managed HOAs in Texas operate under the Texas Property Code (Chapters 209 and 202) plus recorded dedicatory instruments. Use the checklist below, then open your city guide for late-fee rules, solar rights, and county recording requirements.
Texas Property Code Chapter 209
KindHOA helps volunteer boards document decisions, automate assessments, and stay audit-ready — without enterprise software built for property managers.
Texas Property Code Chapter 209 sets assessment, notice, and enforcement rules. Your dedicatory instruments may impose stricter limits—always reconcile both.
TX checklist — confirm current statutes and CC&Rs with association counsel before assessments, fines, or liens.
Most Texas homeowners associations operate under Texas Property Code Chapter 209 together with the community's recorded declaration (CC&Rs), bylaws, and published rules. The statute sets the baseline for assessments, notices, meetings, records access, and enforcement; your governing documents may add stricter rules but cannot override mandatory owner protections. This is educational guidance only — confirm specifics with Texas association counsel.
Texas HOA rules and regulations come from three layers: (1) Texas Property Code Chapter 209 as the state baseline, (2) city and county ordinances (zoning, noise, short-term rentals, building permits), and (3) your association's recorded CC&Rs, bylaws, resolutions, and architectural guidelines. Boards enforce layer 3 on private lots; municipalities enforce layer 2 on public code. Publishing a searchable rules directory helps owners tell the three apart.
The state statute applies statewide, but local rules differ. Zoning, noise ordinances, short-term-rental licensing, fence and setback standards, and the county recorder's office vary between Austin, Dallas, and other TX cities. Use the city guide for your community to see where municipal code ends and your recorded covenants begin.
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We're expanding this directory regularly. In the meantime, KindHOA works for any self-managed HOA in Texas.
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Browse the free Texas checklist and city directory at kindhoa.com/compliance/texas. For organizing owner-facing policies, see the HOA rules directory guide at kindhoa.com/blog/hoa-rules-directory-guide. KindHOA is educational software for self-managed boards, not a law firm — confirm liens, amendments, and enforcement with counsel.
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