Question: Our Strata Committee needs to issue a Statement of Claim for long overdue levies. Contact cannot be made with the lot owner. Our Strata Manager refuses to provide a copy of the Strata Roll to our Committee. What do we do?
Our Strata Committee has been advised to issue a Statement of Claim for long overdue levies.
Contact cannot be made with the lot owner.
Our Strata Roll shows a company as the owner of the lot, with a post box address only and a disconnected mobile number.
Our Strata Manager refuses to provide a copy of the Strata Roll to our Committee.
Does the address have to be a street address?
Can our Owners Corporation insist that a physical address is provided?
Can our Strata Manager refuse to provide a copy of the Strata Roll?
Answer: The strata roll is the owners corporations strata roll and is its property – not the strata managers.
Owners are required to provide an address for service of notices. This does not need to be a street address.
The owners corporation/recovery agents would be able to conduct searches on the lot owner (company) and pursue collections.
The strata roll is the owners corporations strata roll and is its property – not the strata managers. The owners corporation/strata committee can do with it what it sees fit under the Act and is actually required to produce it if requested when people are conducting strata searches.
The strata committee can require the strata manager to produce records in accordance with Section 181 of the Act.
This post appears in Strata News #598.
Andrew Terrell Bright & Duggan E: Andrew.Terrell@bright-duggan.com.au P: 02 9902 7100