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Supreme Court Rules on Home Fines
CHARLOTTE — Homeowners’ associations formed before 1999 do not have the inherent authority to levy fines, according to a recent ruling by the N.C. Supreme Court. The decision came in a case involving a Raleigh couple's dispute with their homeowners’ association over a retaining wall. The critical issue to the court was interpretation of a 1998 North Carolina law, the Planned Community Act, that sought to standardize homeowners’ associations regulation throughout the state.