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Associations Grappling With Political-Type Displays


By Allison Peryea and Mary Reiten P


 in particular, homeowners’ associations. As political and social activism increases, communities are grappling with the increasing desire of residents to display yard signage that supports not just candidates and ballot measures but social justice platforms and other messages.


What The Law Says


Homeowners’ associations of all ages are required to allow display of signs that would generally be described as political in nature. RCW 64.38, the Homeowners’ Associations Act (HOA Act), states in pertinent part that “governing documents may not prohibit the outdoor display of political yard signs by an owner or resident on


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the owner's or resident's property before any primary or general election.” https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default. aspx?cite=64.38.034 (RCW 64.38.034).


RCW 64.90.510(1), a provision of the Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (WUCIOA), 


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