[bambi171]

We are in a 4-unit condo that one of the units is the administrator. The administrator collects money from all units and pays the insurance, lawn maintenance, building etc. He stopped paying and I was approached by lawn & building maintenance that they would not continue any work until someone paid. I paid both of them out of my own account & gave this information to the administrator to be reimbursed. One of the units was under contract to be sold and I gave the real estate agent the bills I had paid that the owner would have the pay his percentage before he sold. The lawyer at closing sent the check to the administrator instead of myself and is keeping it. Currently I am the new administrator for the building and they refuse to give any paper work or monies in the account from when they had it, along with reimbursing their share and the check that they kept. Can I put a lien against their unit for the check & their portion of what I paid out last year? And is yes how do you do it.
Thank you for any help

[Fr_Chuck]

Actually I am not sure you had a legal right to pay them, there was no agreement between you and the administration to pay this. It would be almost like you paying the person to mow my grass and than expecting me to pay you back.

If the check was sent to the old administrator after he was no long in that duty, you can sue for that money back, since it was not thiers to keep.

As the new admin I would have a aduit of the books, to see if there was any mishandling of all the money that this other person my be liable for.

[bambi171]

We are in a 4-unit condo that one of the units is the administrator. The administrator collects money from all units and pays the insurance, lawn maintenance, building etc. He stopped paying and I was approached by lawn & building maintenance that they would not continue any work until someone paid. I paid both of them out of my own account & gave this information to the administrator to be reimbursed. One of the units was under contract to be sold and I gave the real estate agent the bills I had paid that the owner would have the pay his percentage before he sold. The lawyer at closing sent the check to the administrator instead of myself and is keeping it. Currently I am the new administrator for the building and they refuse to give any paper work or monies in the account from when they had it, along with reimbursing their share and the check that they kept. Can I put a lien against their unit for the check & their portion of what I paid out last year? And is yes how do you do it.
Thank you for any help

I wish we could have the books audited, but they will not turn anything over to us.
Thank you for your help