How we research, source, and maintain our guides.
KindHOA's compliance guides are educational resources for self-managed HOA boards. Because HOA rules affect people's homes and money, we hold this content to a higher bar than typical marketing copy. Here is exactly how we make it — and how we keep it honest.
1. Who the KindHOA Editorial Team is
The KindHOA Editorial Team is the in-house group at Kind Tech LLC responsible for our HOA compliance guides, blog, and product education. We build software used by self-managed homeowners associations every day, so our writing is grounded in the real workflows boards face: collecting dues, enforcing covenants, running elections, and staying compliant with state law. We are software builders and HOA-operations specialists — not a law firm.
2. What we cover — and what we don’t
Our city and state compliance guides explain the relationship between three layers of rules that govern a community: state HOA statutes, local city and county ordinances, and an association’s own recorded covenants (CC&Rs), bylaws, and rules. We help boards understand where one ends and the next begins.
We do not publish legal advice, fabricated statute citations, or invented local ordinance numbers. When a precise local figure (a decibel limit, a specific permit threshold, an exact fee cap) cannot be verified from a primary source, we describe the rule in general terms and point you to the official municipal code or statute rather than guess.
3. Our sourcing methodology
We prioritize primary and authoritative sources, in this order:
- State statutes— the governing act for each state (for example, the Arizona Planned Community Act, Colorado’s CCIOA, Florida Statutes Chapter 720, or South Carolina’s HOA Act), linked directly to the legislature’s official text.
- Official municipal codes— each city guide links to that city’s online code library (Municode, American Legal Publishing, eCode360, Code Publishing, or the city’s own site).
- State agency resources — HOA information centers and real estate divisions where a state operates one.
- County recorders and clerks — for recording, liens, and small-claims procedures.
Every published city guide cites its sources on the page, and we surface a “Last reviewed” date so you know how current the review is.
4. Our quality gate
We deliberately publish fewer, deeper pages instead of thin, near-duplicate pages for every city. Before a city guide is indexed for search, it passes an automated quality gate that checks for:
- a minimum volume of genuinely-unique, locally-grounded content;
- uniqueness versus other city pages (no templated near-duplicates);
- at least one cited authoritative source;
- no placeholder text and no keyword stuffing.
Pages that don’t pass are held back from search indexing until an editor deepens and verifies them. This is why our directory grows in reviewed batches rather than all at once.
5. Review and updates
HOA law changes. We re-review published guides on a rolling basis and when we learn of a relevant statutory change, and we update the “Last reviewed” date when we do. If you spot something out of date, tell us and we will prioritize a review.
6. Corrections policy
We want to be accurate more than we want to be right. If you believe any guide contains an error, email support@kindhoa.com with the page URL and the correction. We review every report, fix confirmed errors promptly, and update the review date on the affected page.
7. Legal disclaimer
KindHOA is educational software, not a law firm, and nothing on our site is legal advice. State statutes, local ordinances, and your community’s recorded governing documents control, and they change over time. Always confirm liens, amendments, fines, and enforcement actions with your association’s attorney and the current official sources before acting.