For Board Members

How to run for and serve on a Florida HOA board — eligibility, elections, the new director education requirement, term limits, and your fiduciary duties.

• Who can run for the board
• How HOA elections work
• The new board member education requirement
• Your fiduciary duties as a director
• Common mistakes that create liability

A free Florida HOA board code of conduct template, plus what Chapter 720 actually requires on conflicts of interest, kickbacks, and confidentiality.

• What a code of conduct can and can't do
• The §720.3033 conflict disclosure rule
• Kickbacks and mandatory removal
• Executive session confidentiality
• How to adopt it properly

A free Florida HOA board meeting minutes template, plus what Chapter 720 requires minutes to contain, how long to keep them, and what to leave out.

• What Florida law requires minutes to contain
• What to leave out — and why over-recording creates risk
• How long you must keep minutes (and the 7-year rule)
• Who can inspect minutes and how fast you must respond
• A free, statute-aware minutes template

The Florida HOA board certification requirement explained — the 90-day deadline, annual continuing education, what happens if you miss it, and how condo rules differ.

• The 90-day deadline every new director faces
• What the state-approved course actually covers
• Annual continuing education on top of the course
• What happens if you miss the deadline
• How this differs for condo boards

What fiduciary duty means for a Florida HOA director, how the business judgment rule and the July 2026 update to §617.0834 protect you, and where personal liability still attaches.

• What "fiduciary duty" actually asks of you, in plain terms
• The business judgment rule and how courts apply it to HOA boards
• The July 2026 change to director liability protection
• When personal liability can still attach
• D&O insurance, fidelity bonds, and indemnification
• Habits that keep you inside the protections

What HOA board members actually do — the three core duties, directors vs. officers, each officer's role, what needs a board vote, and what boards cannot do under Florida law.

• The three duties every board member owes
• Board of directors vs. officers, and why the president isn't the boss
• President, vice president, secretary, and treasurer, role by role
• What you can decide alone and what needs a vote
• What boards cannot do
• A first-90-days checklist for new Florida directors

A side-by-side comparison of Florida condo (Chapter 718) and HOA (Chapter 720) board duties — education, term limits, meetings, records, reserves, SIRS, milestone inspections, fines, and disputes.

• How to tell which chapter governs your association
• A side-by-side table of board obligations under both chapters
• Education, term limits, and meeting rules compared
• Records, financial reports, and reserves compared
• Why SIRS and milestone inspections apply to condos, not HOAs
• Master associations and mixed communities

What Florida law requires HOA and condo boards to reserve, when owners can waive it, and what a structural integrity reserve study (SIRS) demands of a condo board.

• Why HOA reserves are optional until owners vote them in
• What condo budgets must reserve, and the 2026 threshold
• What a structural integrity reserve study requires of the board
• Which reserves owners can and can't waive
• The relief options for condos facing milestone repairs
• HOA and condo reserve rules side by side