InstaBidsWhen can a condo or HOA association enter a unit to make repairs?
Check the declaration and the reason for access before scheduling entry for association repairs. Declarations vary, so keep the applicable documents beside the complete Florida access provision and Nevada upkeep section quoted below when arranging the work and documenting any damage.
Source: Fla. Stat. 718.111, read 23 October 2026.
Source: Nev. Rev. Stat. 116.3107 (NRS ch. 116), read 23 October 2026.
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Key facts
- Florida condominium access provision: "(5) RIGHT OF ACCESS TO UNITS.— (a) The association has the irrevocable right of access to each unit during reasonable hours, when necessary for the maintenance, repair, or replacement of any common elements or of any portion of a unit to be maintained by the association pursuant to the declaration or as necessary to prevent damage to the common elements or to a unit. (b)1. In addition to the association’s right of access in paragraph (a) and regardless of whether authority is provided in the declaration or other recorded condominium documents, an association, at the sole discretion of the board, may enter an abandoned unit to inspect the unit and adjoining common elements; make repairs to the unit or to the common elements serving the unit, as needed; repair the unit if mold or deterioration is present; turn on the utilities for the unit; or otherwise maintain, preserve, or protect the unit and adjoining common elements. For purposes of this paragraph, a unit is presumed to be abandoned if: a. The unit is the subject of a foreclosure action and no tenant appears to have resided in the unit for at least 4 continuous weeks without prior written notice to the association; or b. No tenant appears to have resided in the unit for 2 consecutive months without prior written notice to the association, and the association is unable to contact the owner or determine the whereabouts of the owner after reasonable inquiry. 2. Except in the case of an emergency, an association may not enter an abandoned unit until 2 days after notice of the association’s intent to enter the unit has been mailed or hand-delivered to the owner at the address of the owner as reflected in the records of the association. The notice may be given by electronic transmission to unit owners who previously consented to receive notice by electronic transmission. 3. Any expense incurred by an association pursuant to this paragraph is chargeable to the unit owner and enforceable as an assessment pursuant to s. 718.116, and the association may use its lien authority provided by s. 718.116 to enforce collection of the expense. 4. The association may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a receiver to lease out an abandoned unit for the benefit of the association to offset against the rental income the association’s costs and expenses of maintaining, preserving, and protecting the unit and the adjoining common elements, including the costs of the receivership and all unpaid assessments, interest, administrative late fees, costs, and reasonable attorney fees."
Source: Fla. Stat. 718.111, read 23 October 2026.
- Nevada community upkeep section: "NRS 116.3107 Upkeep of common-interest community. 1. Except to the extent provided by the declaration, subsection 2 and NRS 116.31135, the association has the duty to provide for the maintenance, repair and replacement of the common elements, and each unit’s owner has the duty to provide for the maintenance, repair and replacement of his or her unit. Each unit’s owner shall afford to the association and the other units’ owners, and to their agents or employees, access through his or her unit reasonably necessary for those purposes. If damage is inflicted on the common elements or on any unit through which access is taken, the unit’s owner responsible for the damage, or the association if it is responsible, is liable for the prompt repair thereof. 2. In addition to the liability that a declarant as a unit’s owner has under this chapter, the declarant alone is liable for all expenses in connection with real estate subject to developmental rights. No other unit’s owner and no other portion of the common-interest community is subject to a claim for payment of those expenses. Unless the declaration provides otherwise, any income or proceeds from real estate subject to developmental rights inures to the declarant. 3. In a planned community, if all developmental rights have expired with respect to any real estate, the declarant remains liable for all expenses of that real estate unless, upon expiration, the declaration provides that the real estate becomes common elements or units."
Source: Nev. Rev. Stat. 116.3107 (NRS ch. 116), read 23 October 2026.
What access provision does Florida give condominium associations?
Read the complete access provision, including the separate abandoned-unit provisions, before arranging entry.
Source: Fla. Stat. 718.111, read 23 October 2026.
Florida condominium access provision, read 23 October 2026: "(5) RIGHT OF ACCESS TO UNITS.— (a) The association has the irrevocable right of access to each unit during reasonable hours, when necessary for the maintenance, repair, or replacement of any common elements or of any portion of a unit to be maintained by the association pursuant to the declaration or as necessary to prevent damage to the common elements or to a unit. (b)1. In addition to the association’s right of access in paragraph (a) and regardless of whether authority is provided in the declaration or other recorded condominium documents, an association, at the sole discretion of the board, may enter an abandoned unit to inspect the unit and adjoining common elements; make repairs to the unit or to the common elements serving the unit, as needed; repair the unit if mold or deterioration is present; turn on the utilities for the unit; or otherwise maintain, preserve, or protect the unit and adjoining common elements. For purposes of this paragraph, a unit is presumed to be abandoned if: a. The unit is the subject of a foreclosure action and no tenant appears to have resided in the unit for at least 4 continuous weeks without prior written notice to the association; or b. No tenant appears to have resided in the unit for 2 consecutive months without prior written notice to the association, and the association is unable to contact the owner or determine the whereabouts of the owner after reasonable inquiry. 2. Except in the case of an emergency, an association may not enter an abandoned unit until 2 days after notice of the association’s intent to enter the unit has been mailed or hand-delivered to the owner at the address of the owner as reflected in the records of the association. The notice may be given by electronic transmission to unit owners who previously consented to receive notice by electronic transmission. 3. Any expense incurred by an association pursuant to this paragraph is chargeable to the unit owner and enforceable as an assessment pursuant to s. 718.116, and the association may use its lien authority provided by s. 718.116 to enforce collection of the expense. 4. The association may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a receiver to lease out an abandoned unit for the benefit of the association to offset against the rental income the association’s costs and expenses of maintaining, preserving, and protecting the unit and the adjoining common elements, including the costs of the receivership and all unpaid assessments, interest, administrative late fees, costs, and reasonable attorney fees."
Source: Fla. Stat. 718.111, read 23 October 2026.
What does Nevada say about access and repair damage?
Keep the declaration beside the complete upkeep section below when arranging access and documenting damage.
Source: Nev. Rev. Stat. 116.3107 (NRS ch. 116), read 23 October 2026.
Nevada community upkeep section, read 23 October 2026: "NRS 116.3107 Upkeep of common-interest community. 1. Except to the extent provided by the declaration, subsection 2 and NRS 116.31135, the association has the duty to provide for the maintenance, repair and replacement of the common elements, and each unit’s owner has the duty to provide for the maintenance, repair and replacement of his or her unit. Each unit’s owner shall afford to the association and the other units’ owners, and to their agents or employees, access through his or her unit reasonably necessary for those purposes. If damage is inflicted on the common elements or on any unit through which access is taken, the unit’s owner responsible for the damage, or the association if it is responsible, is liable for the prompt repair thereof. 2. In addition to the liability that a declarant as a unit’s owner has under this chapter, the declarant alone is liable for all expenses in connection with real estate subject to developmental rights. No other unit’s owner and no other portion of the common-interest community is subject to a claim for payment of those expenses. Unless the declaration provides otherwise, any income or proceeds from real estate subject to developmental rights inures to the declarant. 3. In a planned community, if all developmental rights have expired with respect to any real estate, the declarant remains liable for all expenses of that real estate unless, upon expiration, the declaration provides that the real estate becomes common elements or units."
Source: Nev. Rev. Stat. 116.3107 (NRS ch. 116), read 23 October 2026.
How can a manager coordinate unit access for repairs?
Identify the association work and the units through which access is requested. This is practical reasoning, not legal advice and not a finding from any agency.
- Identify the association work and the units through which access is requested.
- Keep the declaration, entry correspondence and agreed contractor schedule in the work file.
- Document conditions before and after access and record any repair needed following the visit.
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