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House approves bill letting county commissioners transfer unrecorded subdivision open space to homeowners associations
Summary
Lawmakers advanced House Bill 233 after amendments to allow county commissioners to transfer title of certain unrecorded open-space parcels to homeowners associations when findings show intent that the HOA should own the land; the amendment passed 64-36 in committee and the amended bill passed second reading 60-40.
Representative Griffith introduced House Bill 233, describing long-standing problems with open-space parcels created under the Subdivision Map Act of 1973 that were never recorded with a deed in homeowners association (HOA) names. "If you live in a subdivision, you should somehow be able to get the property that you bought thinking it was yours," Griffith said, recounting examples from Kalispell and Gallatin County where parcels show as unowned on cadastral maps.
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