Terms of service
These terms govern access to and use of HOA Weekly (the "Publication"), operated by Thastel Group LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company. By accessing the website or subscribing to the Publication, the reader agrees to these terms.
Last updated: September 16, 2026.
The Publication
HOA Weekly publishes plain-English explanations of state HOA legislation, court rulings, and compliance requirements. Part of every reference page is free to read; the rest is unlocked by a paid State Pass.
Subscriptions and payment
The Publication is free to read and free to subscribe to by newsletter. A paid upgrade, State Pass, is available on a per-jurisdiction basis: $49 per month, $449 per year, or a $19.99 one-time day pass unlocks the complete in-depth analysis for one U.S. state or jurisdiction. A subscriber may hold a State Pass for more than one jurisdiction at a time, each billed separately. An all-states pass ($149 per month or $1,349 per year) unlocks every jurisdiction on a single account and is sold as one login, not a shared or multi-user licence. A subscription continues at the price in effect when it was started; a price change applies to passes started after it. Current pricing and the jurisdiction picker are shown at hoaweekly.com/pass.
Subscriptions are billed in advance through Stripe, monthly or annually according to the plan chosen, and renew automatically at the end of each billing period until cancelled by the subscriber. A day pass is a one-time charge that does not renew. Subscribers may cancel at any time through the account billing portal (hoaweekly.com/pass/billing/) or by emailing subscribers@hoaweekly.com.
Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. The Publication does not provide refunds for partial billing periods.
Account use
Each paid subscription is licensed for use by a single individual or a single small business location. Subscribers may not share login credentials with the public, redistribute access to a paid account, or allow simultaneous use by unrelated parties.
Acceptable use
Users agree not to:
- Scrape, crawl, or systematically download content from the Publication except through the public RSS feed
- Republish, redistribute, or resell Publication content without written permission from HOA Weekly
- Use Publication content as training data for machine learning models or language models intended for commercial deployment
- Circumvent paywalls, access controls, or technical protection measures
- Use the Publication for any unlawful purpose
Limited quotation of Publication content for editorial, educational, or commentary purposes is permitted under fair use, with attribution to HOA Weekly.
Intellectual property
All content published by HOA Weekly, including articles, compilations, summaries, and editorial analysis, is owned by Thastel Group LLC and protected by United States copyright law. Citations to public sources (statutes, court opinions, agency guidance) reproduce material that is itself in the public domain or governmental work.
The HOA Weekly name, logo, and trade dress are property of Thastel Group LLC.
User submissions
Tips, corrections, source recommendations, and other submissions sent to the Publication may be used for editorial purposes, with or without attribution to the submitter at the editorial staff's discretion. Submitters represent that they have the right to share the submitted information.
The Publication does not pay for tips or submissions and does not commit to publishing or acknowledging any particular submission.
Not legal, financial, or professional advice
HOA Weekly publishes general regulatory information, not legal advice. Articles, compliance guides, bill explainers, and court summaries describe the state of the law as understood at the time of publication, but do not constitute legal counsel for any specific situation.
No attorney-client relationship is created by reading the Publication, subscribing to it, or corresponding with its staff. A plain-English explanation of this policy is published at hoaweekly.com/disclaimer.
Property managers, board members, and association officers should consult qualified counsel before making decisions with legal or financial consequences. Reliance on Publication content is at the reader's own risk.
Accuracy and limitations
HOA Weekly invests significant effort in citation accuracy and source verification. The Publication does not guarantee that every article is free from error or current with the most recent statutory or regulatory changes. Laws, rules, and judicial interpretations change continuously.
Subscribers and readers are responsible for confirming critical compliance information against primary sources before acting on it. The "Last verified" date on each article indicates when the article was most recently checked, not a guarantee of present accuracy.
Disclaimer of warranties
The Publication is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law, HOA Weekly disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Thastel Group LLC, its members, employees, and contributors are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising from use of the Publication or reliance on its content. The aggregate liability of HOA Weekly to any subscriber for any claim arising from these terms is limited to the amount paid by the subscriber in the twelve months preceding the claim.
Indemnification
Subscribers and users agree to indemnify and hold harmless Thastel Group LLC and HOA Weekly from any claim arising from the user's breach of these terms, misuse of Publication content, or violation of any law or third-party right.
Termination
HOA Weekly may suspend or terminate access to the Publication for any user who violates these terms, without refund. Subscribers may terminate their subscription at any time as described under "Subscriptions and payment."
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without regard to conflict of laws principles. Subject to the dispute-resolution section below, any dispute that is not subject to arbitration is resolved in the state or federal courts located in Wisconsin, and users consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
Dispute resolution: arbitration and class-action waiver
Informal resolution first. Before starting arbitration or a small-claims case, a user agrees to write to legal@hoaweekly.com describing the dispute and to give HOA Weekly 30 days to resolve it.
Binding individual arbitration. Except for claims that qualify for small-claims court, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these terms, the Publication, or its content, including the scope or enforceability of this section, is resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis, administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court. The Federal Arbitration Act governs this section. The arbitrator may award the same relief to an individual party that a court could, and no relief for or against anyone who is not a party. Arbitration is held in Wisconsin or, at the user's election, by telephone, video, or written submissions. The AAA rules govern fees; for a claim under $10,000, HOA Weekly pays any AAA filing fee that exceeds the cost of filing in small-claims court. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court with jurisdiction.
Class-action waiver. Users and HOA Weekly agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims. If this waiver is found unenforceable for a particular claim, that claim proceeds in the courts named under "Governing law" rather than in arbitration, and the rest of this section stays in effect.
Opt-out. A user may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing legal@hoaweekly.com within 30 days of first accepting these terms, from the email address used for the account. Opting out does not affect any other term.
Exceptions. Either party may seek an injunction or other equitable relief in court to protect intellectual property, and either may bring an individual claim in small-claims court.
Changes to these terms
HOA Weekly may update these terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated by email to active subscribers and reflected in the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of the Publication after a material change constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.
Contact
For questions about these terms, write to legal@hoaweekly.com.