Legal tip 125. Community problems solved in 25 days
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 @ 12:25 PM
Nearly 188,000 communities of owners in Spain, equivalent to 15% of the total, have one or more payment defaulters, and the number of arrears continues to grow due to the current economic climate.
A speedy, efficient and economical solution to this problem is the submission of disputes in a community of owners to Arbitration. This submission to arbitration needs to be approved by majority of the owners. The arbitration can be among the owners themselves or between them and the Community.
The conflicts that can be resolved by arbitration can be of any kind:
- Non-payment of quotas.
- Conflicts regarding common areas.
- Breach of the rules of the Community ...
The decision is in place in 25 days, and therefore the time saving is of 6 months at least, if we compare this with a judicial procedure. This arbitration possibility is regulated by the Arbitration Act 60/2003.
Every owner just need to make a single payment of around 9 € and this cover arbitration, as well as a Procurator of Tribunals and a solicitor in the event that the award requires enforcement.