Salt Lake County HOA reserve study

Associations in Salt Lake County follow the same state rules as everywhere else in Utah. The board must have a reserve analysis done at least every six years and review it, updating it if needed, at least every three. Owners get a summary every year and a full copy on request. HOAs are covered by 57-8a-211 and condominiums by 57-8-7.5.

Salt Lake County associations cover a wide range. Downtown and Sugar House condominiums bring elevators, parking structures, membrane roofs and fire systems into the component list. Newer townhome communities in the southwest of the valley are mostly roofs, siding, asphalt, fencing and a pool. Older associations on the east bench often reach the point where original water and sewer laterals, retaining walls and stucco come due at once.

The 2020 Magna earthquake damaged buildings across the valley and was the largest in Utah since 1992. A reserve analysis is not a seismic assessment, and the statute does not ask for one. But boards of older masonry buildings often ask their analyst to note parapets, chimneys and unreinforced walls, and to ask an engineer where a component’s condition is in doubt.

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