Hello. The first thing you need to do is check the HOA documents to see if there is anything in those documents which gives the HOA the right to change the amount of the association dues on a homeowner without notice (or you need to find out what the procedure is to determine how the HOA CAN raise the association dues -- for example, do the HOA documents state that notice must be given to an owner prior to setting the current rate and how is that notice supposed to be delivered?). The HOA documents should have been provided to you in the title materials prior to closing (the documents creating the HOA and setting forth property restrictions should be recorded with the registry of deeds and are of public record). If there is nothing in these HOA documents, then you should send the HOA a certified letter, return receipt requested and inform them that at closing, you were informed that the dues would be $190 per month (enclose a copy of the escrow materials from your closing). Ask them for justification regarding why you are paying so much more than is set forth in the escrow documents and more even than the CURRENT tenants are paying. If they do not give you a reasonable explanation (such as pointing out to you where in the HOA docs the right to increase the fees comes from) OR, if they ignore your letter completely, then you will have to sign the matter up in small claims court to request any additional monies that you may have paid and to seek an order from the court exactly what your payment should be every month. You should do this before they try to put a lien on your property for past due amounts. GOOD LUCK. Please press the GREEN ACCEPT BUTTON so I will receive credit for my time. THANK YOU!

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