By David Swedelson, Partner at SwedelsonGottlieb, Condo Lawyer and HOA Attorney –  September 3, 2013

Disgruntled homeowner association members often want to share their “issues” with the other owners hoping to garner sympathy. They ask for the names and addresses for all owners, which the association will likely have to provide. But more and more, we are seeing owners asking to be provided other owners’ email addresses as well.

Neither the Davis-Stirling Act nor the Corporations Code provides much guidance to condo and homeowner associations regarding whether they are required to provide the email addresses of the members in response to another members’ request. However, a 2010 California appellate court case,Worldmark, the Club v. Wyndham Resort Development Corp. comes very close to answering that question.   Read more…….