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AI has supported a mandatory reg-

istration system for community asso-

ciation managers with protection for

homeowners, mandatory education and

testing requirements with testing on fun-

damental knowledge, standards of

conduct and appropriate insurance

requirements. CAI opposes the

licensing of community association

managers as real estate brokers,

agents or property managers.

There are currently 9 states in the

country with a community manager

licensing, certification or registration

requirement in effect. There are also 11

states with legislation pending with regard

to the licensing/certification of community

association managers. In New Jersey, a certifi-

cation requirement was part of the all-encompass-

ing UCIOA legislative effort of the 1990s.

For many years I had listened to and participated

in conversations with community managers wanting

what they did for a living to be recognized as a

profession and seeking a way to make sure that

only those qualified could be known as a community

association manager and continue to participate in

the profession as long as certain professional require-

ments were observed.

In 2012, following a 3 year investigative process

by a task force comprised almost entirely of man-

agers, the first attempt at a stand-alone manager

licensing bill was introduced in New Jersey. The

bill was described and advocated as a consum-

er protection bill primarily for the benefit of the

Caroline Record is a partner in the

Morristown office of Hill Wallack. She was

Chair of the LAC in 2000-2001 and returned

to the LAC in 2009 after spending 6 years

on the CAI Board of Trustees. Caroline has

participated extensively in the drafting

of the proposed legislation and

discussing the benefits of the

bill with all relevant parties.

She received the CAI-NJ

President’s Award

in 2014 for her

efforts.

Courtesy CAI-NJ.

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MANAGER’S LICENSING/

CERTIFICATION —

Where We’ve Been and

Where We’re Going

By Caroline Record, Esq.,

Hill Wallack, LLP