Lipitz v. Hurwitz

JOHN F. McAULIFFE (Retired, Specially Assigned), J.

This case presents the question of whether a buyer of a property located within a homeowners association, who already owns other lots within the association, is considered a “member of the public” required to receive mandatory disclosures pursuant to the Maryland Homeowners Association Act (“The Act”).1 We are also asked to decide the related question of whether a buyer otherwise entitled to those disclosures may be estopped from relying on the protection of the Act if *276he declines attempts by the seller to provide the required information,…