Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Re: Homeowners Association suit

If you paid by checks, get copies of both sides of the checks and present them to the management company. If by electronic payment online, have the bank trace each payment. If those payments weren't made for some reason, the bank should pick up the charges.

Re: Homeowners Association suit

Suit should be the absolute last resort. There has to be someone to whom you can present your evidence of payment and obtain an acknowledgment that you've paid. This is a misunderstanding of some kind and should be worked out by the parties without resort to the courts, where you'll basically have to do the same things you'd do in a private negotiation, but at greater cost and delay.