Under Texas law, the property owner’s association must provide owners with access to the books and records of the association. You can either request to inspect the records in person or you can request copies of specific documents. They can charge you for these copies if they have created a records production and copying policy that details the charges you will incur in advance.

To request access to records, you must submit a request in writing by certified mail. The property owners’ association must respond within 10 business days.

Texas law also requires that all dedicatory instruments be recorded with the real property records of the county clerk in all counties where the POA is located. Here, “dedicatory instruments” is defined as “means each document governing the establishment, maintenance, or operation of a residential subdivision, planned unit development, condominium or townhouse regime, or any similar planned development” (Texas Property Code Section 202.001(1)).

If your property owners’ association has a publicly accessible website, Texas law requires that all dedicatory instruments be posted there. The law defines “dedicatory instruments” as “each governing instrument covering the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a residential subdivision” (Texas Property Code Section 209.002(4)).

• Section 209.005 of the Texas Property Code

  This section describes the procedure for obtaining access to the books and records of a property owners’ association.
• Section 202.006 of the Texas Property Code

  This section requires all dedicatory instruments for a property owners’ association to be filed with the real property records of the county in which it is located.
• Section 207.006 of the Texas Property Code

  If a property owners’ association has a publicly accessible website, this section requires them to post the dedicatory instruments related to the POA online