Common questions
Last updated: 2026-05-17 by HawkHOA
Questions we get, answered plainly.
HOAStream is a citation-grounded research surface for Florida HOA law. The questions below are the ones community association managers, board members, and retained attorneys ask most often when they are evaluating whether a research tool is safe to put in front of a Florida community. The answers are short, the scope is narrow, and the disclosure posture is the same in every answer: HOAStream returns the statute text and the section number, not a legal recommendation.
For the canonical text of every cited section, see flsenate.gov / Laws / Statutes / Chapter 720. Florida community association manager (CAM) licensure questions are handled by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation at myfloridalicense.com / DBPR.
Product
How does HOAStream work for boards and CAMs?
Is HOAStream a law firm?
No. HOAStream is software. Answers are citations from your governing documents and Florida Chapter 720. They are not legal advice and do not create an attorney-client relationship.
Do you replace my property management company?
No. HOAStream sits alongside your CAM. They run operations; we answer the recurring statutory questions that come up outside the management workflow.
How do you handle questions where the answer depends on a specific situation?
We refuse those and redirect to a licensed Florida attorney.
What if your citation is wrong?
Every answer shows the exact source passage. You can verify in under a minute. If the citation does not match the source, please report it; we have an audit log of every answer for review.
Pricing and tiers
What does HOAStream cost?
What's in the starter tier?
Public Florida statute questions. No community-specific documents.
What's in the standard tier?
Your community's governing documents in scope, audit log of every question and answer.
Coverage
Which Florida HOA statutes does HOAStream cover?
What does HOAStream cover?
HOAStream covers Florida homeowners associations under Chapter 720 (the HOA Act), Chapter 617 (the not-for-profit corporation rules that govern most HOA boards), and Chapter 712 (the Marketable Record Title Act covenant-preservation rules). Chapter 119 public-records intersections are cited where they apply to HOA records requests.
Does HOAStream handle CDD documents too?
Yes. Many Florida communities have both an HOA and a Community Development District (CDD). HOAStream indexes both document sets so residents and board members can ask about HOA rules and CDD assessments in one place. CDD documents (budgets, audits, meeting minutes, rules of procedure) are included at no extra charge for communities that have a CDD. This feature is only applicable to communities with an active CDD.
Does HOAStream cite the current Florida statute or the version from when my community was built?
It depends on your declaration. If your declaration says the community is governed by Chapter 720 "as amended from time to time," current law applies and HOAStream cites the current statute. If that phrase is absent, your community may be operating under the statute version in effect when the declaration was recorded. HOAStream detects this during document analysis and pins citations to the correct version. This is one of the first things we check when we index your governing documents.
What if my HOA rules conflict with Florida law?
Florida Chapter 720 overrides HOA rules in specific areas. For example, your HOA cannot require a "proper purpose" for records requests (720.303(5)), cannot impose fines without a 3-member independent committee hearing (720.305), and cannot prohibit US flag display or Florida-friendly landscaping (720.304, 720.3075). When HOAStream encounters these conflicts in your governing documents, the statute citation makes the conflict visible. A planned governance cross-check feature will flag all common conflicts automatically.
What about other states?
Florida only today.
Privacy and operations
How does HOAStream handle privacy and operations?
Do you store my community's documents privately?
Yes. Each community's documents are scoped to that community. Database-level row-level-security policies enforce tenant isolation so one community's documents are never visible to another. Application-layer enforcement plus a nightly schema-drift audit provide additional layers of protection.
Who built this?
A solo operator with AI tooling under an automated review process. We do not have a marketing team, an offshore content desk, or fabricated testimonials.
What happens if I cancel?
Documents are deleted on request. Audit log is retained for the period customary for association governance documents.