On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:00:21 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:50:25 -0500, lid penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Gene Kearns wrote:
My guess is that nothing is binding, if they didn't also assent to and
sign the restrictive covenants prior to purchase.

I don't know about your state, but in mine it's as binding as any
other deed restriction. And deed restrictions are very much binding.

Rick

Even if you don't sign it?

Gene, when I last bought a house with an HOA, signing the papers was part
of the closing process. Where I now live doesn't have an HOA, per se,
although we do have an 'association'. There is no set of rules/bylaws which
must be obeyed.
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John H