Common Interest Community Association Complaint Form
Part Two
Nature of Complaint
Include a brief explanation of each item checked along with a description of each document attached
on a separate sheet of paper. The explanation should be no more than three or four paragraphs. Upon the
initial filing of a complaint do not include more documentation than is necessary to establish jurisdiction. Do
include copies of your letters to the board/association regarding ADR, financial records access, requests for
minutes of open meetings, or a copy of the notice of the open meeting. Do not include copies of budgets,
master deeds, by-laws, court decisions, newspaper articles, work orders, site plans, estimates, pictures, an-
nual reports, and so on. Agency staff can not sift through voluminous documents to determine if there is a
cause of action and may return the complaint package if the complaint is not filed in accordance with these
instructions.
Instructions
Mail your completed complaint form to Association Regulation Unit
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
PO Box 805
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0805
For additional information or to download complaint forms and copies of the handouts concerning ADR, open meetings and access to
financial records, in unit owner controlled associations, visit the website at http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/codes/offices/ari.html
Please check those that apply without modification
____ The Association does not have an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedure
Prior to filing a complaint, did you request a copy of the ADR procedure in writing? Were you informed the procedures did not
exist? Was your request ignored? If the answer to the first question is yes, and you were either advised that there is no procedure or
your request was ignored, include a copy of your written request for a copy of the ADR procedure and any written response.
____ Denied access to ADR
Prior to filing a complaint, did you request ADR in writing in accordance with the procedure adopted by your association or in the
absence of a procedure did you request ADR by writing directly to the board? Was your request ignored or denied? If yes, include a
copy of your written request for ADR and any written response.
____ Denied access to accounting/financial records
Prior to filing a complaint, did you request to review the records in writing? Was yo ur request denie d or ignored? Was your request
specific as to records requested? If yes, include a copy of your written request to review the financial records and any written re-
sponse.
____ Minutes not provided from open meeting
Prior to filing a complaint, did you request the minutes in writing? Was your request denied or ignored? If yes, include a copy of
your written request for a copy of the minutes and any written response.
____ Appropriate notice for open meeting not given
Prior to filing a complaint, did you check with the association office to verify it had a copy of the notice? Did you make a written
request to the board for a copy of the notice of the meeting you believe was not appropriately advertised? If yes, describe the circum-
stances which make you believe notice was not provided. Include a copy of your request for a copy of the notice of the open meet ing
and any written response.
____ Binding vote taken without the benefit of an open meeting.
Prior to filing a complaint, did you request a copy of the meeting minutes at which the binding vote should have been taken? If yes,
describe the nature of the binding vote. Include a copy of your request for a copy of the minutes at which you believe the binding
vote should have been taken and any written response.