The collections path, with every date on it
Utah gives boards real collection tools and real limits: a capped late fee, capped interest, an automatic lien — and a foreclosure path that doesn't open until an assessment is 180 days delinquent. Enter the missed assessment and see the whole sequence, dated for your community.
The $240.00 assessment becomes the owner's debt the day it's made (§ 57-8a-201). The association's lien already secures it — recording the declaration perfected the lien years ago (§ 57-8a-301).
If your community's adopted fee schedule provides for it, post a late fee of up to $50.00 — the greater of 10% of the assessment or $50 (§ 57-8a-201(4)). Interest of up to 1.5%/month ($4.35/mo on assessment + late fee) may also accrue. No adopted fee schedule = no fee.
A plain statement showing the balance, the late fee, and how to pay. Most delinquencies end here; keep the tone neighborly and the math exact.
State the full balance with its breakdown, reference the association's § 57-8a-301 lien rights, and offer a payment plan. Document delivery.
Only now — an assessment delinquent more than 180 days — may nonjudicial foreclosure even be considered (§ 57-8a-303(3)(d)). It requires 30 days' certified-mail notice first, the owner can demand judicial foreclosure instead, and a lien that includes any fine can never be foreclosed nonjudicially. Talk to a Utah attorney before this step.
If the statutory-form notice went out by certified mail at day 180 and the owner made no judicial-foreclosure demand within 30 days of delivery, initiation becomes possible. In practice: most boards never get here, and shouldn't want to — the sequence above exists to make sure of it.
The law behind each step: dues & late fees (§ 57-8a-201), assessment liens (§ 57-8a-301), and foreclosure limits (§ 57-8a-303).
This page explains Utah statute in plain language for community boards and homeowners. It is general information, not legal advice, and it isn't a substitute for reading the statute or talking to a Utah attorney about your association's specific situation. Statute text quoted from le.utah.gov, current as of the verification date shown above.