CommonGround in Illinois
Illinois HOA compliance, enforced as code
Illinois's statutory enforcement procedure ships in CommonGround as a versioned rule set. Every requirement below is enforced as code: the legally correct path is the only path the software allows, and every blocked action comes back with the statute citation.
IL-765-160-2026.06 · Ill. CICAA (765 ILCS 160/1-30)
Not legal advice. CommonGround provides compliance guidance, not legal advice. The summaries below are generated from CommonGround's versioned Illinois rule-set data and require attorney review before you rely on them — consult your association's attorney for legal questions.
What Illinois law requires — and how CommonGround enforces it
Planned communities (HOAs)
Who decides the fine
Decision body — the board
The board levies reasonable fines after notice and an opportunity to be heard. 765 ILCS 160/1-30(g)
In CommonGround: CommonGround routes the fine decision to the board and requires the recorded decision before any fine is assessed.
Notice, opportunity to be heard, and a recorded decision
The board has the power, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, to levy and collect reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, operating agreement, and rules and regulations. No statutory notice contents, day counts, cure period, or cap. Associations with 10 units or fewer, or annual budgeted assessments of $100,000 or less, are exempt from the Act unless they opt in (765 ILCS 160/1-75). 765 ILCS 160/1-30(g)
In CommonGround: The workflow has no path around it: the notice must be sent, the opportunity to be heard must be offered, and the decision must be recorded — in that order — before a fine can exist.
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