CommonGround in Missouri
Missouri HOA compliance, enforced as code
Missouri'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.
MO-HOA-SILENCE-2026.06 · Missouri (no planned community / HOA act); RSMo § 442.404 overlays
MO-CONDO-448.3-102-2026.06 · Mo. Uniform Condominium Act (RSMo § 448.3-102)
Not legal advice. CommonGround provides compliance guidance, not legal advice. The summaries below are generated from CommonGround's versioned Missouri rule-set data and require attorney review before you rely on them — consult your association's attorney for legal questions.
What Missouri law requires — and how CommonGround enforces it
Planned communities (HOAs)
Missouri law leaves the enforcement process to your governing documents — no state statute prescribes the fine notice, cure period, hearing, or dollar caps. CommonGround runs your documents' process with the same statutes-as-code rigor, audit trail, and owner-facing notices: your declaration's notice windows, cure periods, and fine schedule become the workflow, every step is recorded, and every deadline is tracked.
Protected categories screened at intake
Missouri deed-restriction overlays reaching all HOAs. The political-sign and sale-sign categories carry their own statutory notice-before-fine gates: the recorded attestation must document that the required specific written notice was given and its clock ran (3 days for political signs; 3 BUSINESS days from RECEIPT for sale signs). RSMo § 442.404 (amended through 2024 H.B. 2062, eff. 8/28/2024)
- Political sign — Political-sign display protected; the association may not remove a sign or impose any fine/penalty unless the homeowner had 3 days after written notice that specifically identifies the rule and the nature of the violation. Attestation must record that notice and its date. RSMo § 442.404
- Rooftop solar — No instrument may limit or prohibit (or have the effect of limiting/prohibiting) rooftop solar panels/collectors; rules may not prevent installation, impair functioning, restrict use, or adversely affect cost/efficiency. RSMo § 442.404
- Sale sign — Sale-sign display protected; removal/penalty only after 3 BUSINESS days from the owner's RECEIPT of written notice. Attestation must record that notice, its receipt, and the elapsed clock. RSMo § 442.404
- Backyard chickens — Up to six chickens protected on lots >= 0.2 acre (roosters may be restricted). RSMo § 442.404 (2024 H.B. 2062)
In CommonGround: Violation intake screens every new case against Missouri's protected categories and flags the citation before a notice ever goes out.
Condominiums
Who decides the fine
Decision body — the board
The board levies reasonable fines after notice and an opportunity to be heard. RSMo § 448.3-102
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 association may levy reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, and rules after notice and an opportunity to be heard. No statutory cap, cure period, or notice contents. RSMo § 448.3-102
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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