Can My HOA Fine Me for Leaving My Trash Cans Out Too Long?

Your HOA says you left your trash cans out too long and hits you with a fine. Is that legal? In this HOA Q&A, attorney Michael Kushner explains when trash can rules are enforceable and where boards often go too far.

🎯 What You’ll Learn in This HOA Q&A:
✅ That HOAs are allowed to adopt rules about trash can timing.
✅ Rules must meet the requirements of Civil Code § 4350.
✅ Why next-morning deadlines are likely valid, but 7:00 p.m. deadlines may not be.

Michael breaks down how reasonableness and consistency define whether your HOA can fine you for something as routine as taking the trash out.

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About:

Michael Kushner is the attorney who pioneered this niche area of the law—representing homeowners in disputes with their HOAs—in California. He created and taught the systems now used by the biggest law firms in the state focused on HOA litigation. Through his firm, MBK Chapman, and now through HOA HELL, Kushner continues to give homeowners practical legal tools to fight back.

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