Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California

When you purchased the membership in the RV park, you agreed not only to pay for the membership, but also agreed to pay the annual maintenance dues. Can they do this? Without reviewing your contract and being retained, I cannot say for sure, but almost certainly they can enforce the requirement that you pay the dues whether or not you use the resorts. Those annual maintenance dues pay for the maintenance and operation of the resorts. If every owner decided to stop paying those dues, then the resort cannot operate. If even a small percentage of people stopped paying them, they cannot operate. The maintenance dues are intentionally kept at a low level - a level where there is not a lot of "pad" or cushion to cover income they do not receive. Even a small percentage of people not paying them could create a situation where there is not enough money to cover operational expenses of the resorts.

The bottom line is this - if you signed a contract agreeing to pay them, unless it contains some sort of clause allowing you to put your membership on hiatus or in suspense, you must pay them every year, or you risk their taking action - collections or legal - to collect the dues from you. Your options are to pay the dues, sell your membership, or risk losing your membership and all of your investment if they terminate your membership for failure to pay the dues.

*Due to the limitations of the LawGuru Forums, The Gibbs Law Firm, APC's (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided is general and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.