Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions (CC&R)

Intermediate 🏠 Real Estate

Definition

Rules governing what you can do with your property, proving that ownership is really more of a suggestion.

Example Usage

The CC&Rs prohibited painting the house anything other than approved earth tones, killing his lime-green vision.

Origin

Legal property documentation convention

Fun Fact

Some CC&Rs are decades old and nearly unenforceable, yet HOAs will cite them anyway.

Source: HOA and deed restriction documentation

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