We share the latest insight, information and legal developments that affect community associations.
The Community Associations Institute (“CAI”) has filed a lawsuit to challenge the applicability and constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The CTA adopted to address money laundering and prevent companies from avoiding taxes through shell companies or other confusing multilayered ownership structures.
A common restriction for many community associations is a prohibition on poultry and chickens. Effective August 28, 2024, those restrictions are no longer enforceable if the lot is two tenths of an acre (“Chicken Law”). In that case, the owner can pasture up to six chickens and is permitted to have a single chicken coop that can hold up to six chickens
Beginning March 23, 2020, St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis, in following suit with the State of Illinois, issued “stay in place” orders to drastically reduce the potential spread of COVID-19 (commonly referred to as the coronavirus).