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Attending Open Board Meetings in Kentucky
By The HOARebel Team · May 28, 2026 · 2 min read
The decisions that affect your home — budgets, rules, assessments — often get made at board meetings. Kentucky's 2023 Planned Community Act changed the meeting framework for newer planned communities, but the rules look different for older HOAs and condominiums. For your specific situation, a licensed Kentucky attorney is the right resource. This is general information, not legal advice.
For planned communities under the 2023 Act (KRS 381.793)
For planned communities formed after June 29, 2023, the Kentucky Planned Community Act brings board meetings into the open and sets standards for directors. KRS 381.793 addresses quorum, open board meetings, and standards for board directors — the structural rules that previously didn't exist as a statutory floor for Kentucky planned communities.
KRS 381.792 separately requires provisions in the declaration or bylaws addressing meetings, notice, and quorum, so the statute layers a statutory floor on top of the documents.
For pre-2023 HOAs
If your planned community was formed before June 29, 2023, the 2023 Act generally does not apply. Meeting and notice rules instead come from the declaration and bylaws and, if the HOA is incorporated, the Kentucky Nonprofit Corporation Act (KRS Chapter 273). The Nonprofit Corporation Act controls member meetings, notice, voting, and minutes for incorporated HOAs — which is most.
For condominiums
For condominiums on or after January 1, 2011, the Kentucky Condominium Act (KRS 381.9101–.9207) supplies the property-statute layer. For condominiums created before January 1, 2011, the Horizontal Property Law (KRS 381.805–.910) controls instead. The condominium instruments fill in much of the meeting detail in both cases.
Why notice is the leverage point
Notice exists so owners can attend and participate before a decision is locked in. When a board adopts a rule, approves a budget, or raises assessments at a meeting that members were never properly noticed of, the lack of notice is often the first thing a homeowner or attorney examines. A decision reached outside the open-meeting and notice requirements that apply to your community may be vulnerable.
Minutes are records you can get
If you couldn't attend, the minutes show what happened. For incorporated HOAs, KRS 273 gives members access to corporate records — including minutes. Requesting minutes is a common move when a board action seems to have appeared from nowhere.
If meetings are closed or unnoticed
When an owner believes the board is meeting without the notice the documents or statute require, the options include raising it with the board in writing, requesting minutes that would show what happened, and consulting a licensed Kentucky attorney about whether the applicable rules — KRS 381.793 for newer planned communities, or the bylaws and KRS 273 otherwise — were followed.