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Bill would let some homeowners associations record open space on county records without quiet-title suits
Summary
Representative Alana Griffith told the Senate Local Government Committee that House Bill 233 would allow certain subdivision common areas to be put on county records when plats or preliminary plats expressly assign them to an HOA, avoiding costly quiet‑title litigation in some cases.
Representative Alana Griffith, sponsor of House Bill 233, told the Senate Local Government Committee that the bill would let counties and cities place certain subdivision common open space on property rolls and in county clerk and recorder records in limited circumstances.
Griffith said the measure is intended to help homeowners associations that discover shared parkland, sidewalks or private roads were never put into their name and now face expensive quiet‑title actions. “The only method to get open space technically into your name right now is Quiet Title…
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