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Violations

A violation is your community recording that something at your property does not comply with its rules. You see your own; you never see anyone else's.

What a notice contains

  • The category and a description of what was observed.
  • The property address, and unit where relevant.
  • A cure by date, where one was set. That is your deadline to fix it.
  • Photos, where the inspector attached any.
  • A timeline of everything that has happened on the notice.

Stages

Violations escalate through three stages:

StageWhat it means
WarningFirst notice. Fix it by the cure date and it ends here.
FineA monetary penalty has been or can be attached.
HearingIt goes before the board.

Escalation is a deliberate act by an admin, not a timer. Nothing escalates because a date passed on its own.

Status

StatusMeaning
OpenLive and expecting action from you
CuredYou fixed it and the community agreed
ClosedFinished, whether cured, dismissed or resolved at a hearing

Fines

A fine attached to a violation becomes a real charge on your Payments page under the Fines category, alongside your dues. It has its own due date and you pay it the same way you pay anything else.

The timeline

Every event is recorded and kept: creation, each escalation, each fine, each status change, and any notes an admin added. This is the record that matters if the notice is ever disputed, so read it rather than relying on remembered conversations.

If you disagree

Use Messages to contact the admins directly, or Feedback if it is about the rule rather than this notice. Fix first and argue after where you can: a cured violation is a much better position than an open one.