Request for Fining Committee Hearing

When to use this

Use this letter the moment you receive a notice of a fine or a suspension and you want to contest it or show that you fixed the problem. Under Fla. Stat. 720.305 for an HOA and Fla. Stat. 718.303 for a condominium, the association must give you at least 14 days written notice and an opportunity for a hearing before an independent committee before it can impose a fine or suspension. This letter makes a timely, written request for that hearing inside the 14-day window so the association cannot claim you waived it.

Send this while you still have days left on the 14-day notice. If you also plan to cure the violation, say so, because curing before the hearing is a strong reason the fine should not be imposed.

How to send it

• Send it certified mail, return receipt requested, and, if the notice gives an email or portal, send it there too so it is unquestionably timely.
• Address it to the association at its registered agent and principal address, found on sunbiz.org by searching the association's legal name.
• Send it before the 14-day window in your notice closes. Note that deadline at the top of your file.
• Keep a full copy and the certified mail receipt.
• Keep paying your regular assessments on time, under protest if needed.

What happens next

The association should schedule the hearing before the independent committee and give you the details in writing. Show up, or send a representative, with your evidence. If you cured the violation before the hearing, point to that. If the committee does not agree to impose the fine, the board cannot impose it. If the association fines you anyway on a defective process, no committee, a related committee, no real hearing, or a cured violation, use the fine-dispute-letter to demand rescission, then move to mediation for an HOA under Fla. Stat. 720.311 or arbitration for a condominium under Fla. Stat. 718.1255. This information is current as of July 7, 2026 and is not legal advice.