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State Specific Requirements

Understanding the importance of competent professional community association management, a number of states have taken steps to regulate the profession, including:

Alaska
Connecticut
California
District of Columbia
Georgia
Florida
Nevada
Virginia

Alaska

Under Chapter 88 of the Alaska Real Estate Commission's regulation entitled "Real Estate Statutes and Regulations' Real Estate Brokers and Other Licensees," a person may not collect fees for community association management or practice or negotiate for a contract to practice community association management unless licensed as a real estate broker, association real estate broker, or real estate salesperson in this state. View the statutes and regulations document (PDF).

Connecticut

The state's Department of Consumer Protection, Real Estate & Professional Trades Division regulates the registration of community association managers.

California

California has additional education requirements for community manager certification. If you live in or practice in California, please refer to the information below for your certification and recertification requirements.

California has developed detailed and unique laws relating to community associations. Community association managers who practice in California must be familiar with a broad range of state-specific laws and regulations pertaining to community associations in order to serve their client associations effectively.

To ensure that CMCA certificants have the requisite experience, NBC-CAM has created additional qualification requirements for California CMCA certificants. By their first recertification, all California CMCA certificants must demonstrate that they have completed 30 hours of coursework relating to California community association operations at some point in their career. This coursework may be offered by accredited colleges or universities, or organizations approved by the California Department of Real Estate or NBC-CAM. Having the CCAM (Certified Community Association Manager) designation offered by the California Association of Community Managers (CACM) will qualify under this provision. Subsequently, managers must have at least taken a California law class as defined in the Manager Certification every five years.

California CMCA certificants will be required to complete Part G of the CMCA recertification application (PDF, 156 KB) for approval. CMCA certificants should retain all course information, as some CMCA certificants will be audited.

AB 555 Manager Titling Act—Approved by the Governor September 30, 2002. (PDF, 45 KB)

AB 1423 Amendments to the Manager Titling Act—Approved by the Governor July 31, 2003. (PDF, 20 KB)

District of Columbia

The Real Estate Board of the District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs regulates community association managers as commercial "property managers." The examination utilized for licensure of "property managers" does not measure the core competencies of community association managers.

Florida

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation regulates the licensure of community association managers in the state. Under most circumstances, community association managers in Florida are required to be licensed in order to carry out their duties as a manager. For more information on the specific requirements, visit the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation online.

Georgia

Community association managers must be licensed under the Georgia Real Estate Commission in order to function as a community association manager in the state (www.grec.state.ga.us; ). NBC-CAM supports the regulation of community association managers but advocates that managers be tested and regulated on the core functions associated with managing community associations, and not as property managers, brokers, or real estate licensees.

Nevada

The Nevada Real Estate Division regulates the certification of community association managers in this state. Title 10 Property Rights and Transactions, Chapter 116.700, prohibits a person from acting as a community manager without a permit or certificate.

Virginia

Virginia General Assembly Passes Manager Licensing Bill

On Tuesday, March 4, 2008, the Virginia General Assembly passed HB 516, requiring the Commonwealth's professional community association managers to be licensed. The law is scheduled to become effective July 1, 2008.

Summary

If you hold an active CMCA, you will already comply with the requirements to apply for the license. First, you must apply for your provisional license between July 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008. The provisional license is valid until June 2011 at which time all active CMCAs will qualify to apply for the community association management license.

Additional Details

Under the law, individuals and entities offering management services to community associations in the Commonwealth must be licensed with the Common Interest Community Board (the Board). The Board, to be appointed by the Governor, will be comprised of representatives of the management industry and community associations.

Under the law, employees of community association management firms who have principal or supervisory responsibility for persons providing management services must be certified according to standards established by regulations adopted by the Common Interest Community Board. Specific language in the statute allows those standards to be met by any manager holding a Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA), an Association Management Specialist (AMS), a Professional Community Associations Manager (PCAM), or a company holding an Accredited Association Management Company designation.

Provisional Licenses; Future Board Actions

The Board will issue provisional licenses to individuals and entities after July 1, 2008, until December 31, 2008. After that time, applicants will have to meet all licensing requirements. The provisional licenses will be valid until June, 2011.

Over the course of this summer, the appointed Board will begin the process of developing regulations to implement the requirements of the legislation—which include substantial other provisions that will affect community associations: establishing an office of community association ombudsman, and substantial modifications to resale disclosure requirements.

Many questions that need to be answered will depend on the regulations the newly established Board will develop over the coming months. NBC-CAM will keep you updated as that information becomes available. For additional information, you may download a FAQ (PDF) document.

Note: Given the changes that states may make in this area, contact NBC-CAM or individual state regulators for the most current licensing or registration requirements.