Is it legal for an HOA to require information on an owner&#39;s guests?
<p>My HOA recently began requiring that overnight guests sign an authorization form wherein they must give their full name, relationship to the owner, phone number and photo ID. </p>

<p>This is a gross violation of privacy. Is it legal for an HOA to demand these things of an owner's guest? </p>

<p>Assuming that the HOA duly adopted the rule that requires this disclosure, probably yes. </p>

<p>An HOA is not subject to the privacy law or constitutional restrictions of a governmental entity, an HOA is the <em>de facto</em> owner of the common areas of the HOA, and in general, a private property owner can insist on getting any information the private property owner wishes as a condition of using a private property owner's property.</p>

<p>Generally speaking, however, the declarations of a condominium set forth the process by which rules like this one can be adopted and those rules have to be followed for the rule to be valid.</p>

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