Legal Opinion
Dogwood Valley Citizens Ass'n v. Shifflett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 11, 2008No. Record 070143PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Senior Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.
In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court erred in determining that Dogwood Valley Citizens Association, Inc. (DVCA), a non-stock Virginia corporation, did not qualify as a property owners' association under the Property Owners' Association Act, Code §§ 55-508 through -516.2 (the POAA). Because we conclude that the filing of DVCA's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws did not constitute a declaration imposing on DVCA operational or maintenance responsibilities for the common areas or roads of the development, we will affirm the judgment…
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