There are two ways to produce a Texas condo resale certificate. A document portal
takes an order and assembles a packet from whatever data it can pull, then adds a fee on top.
CommunityPay generates the certificate from the association’s live ledger, with the
statutory fee going to the association — not a middleman.
Document portal
- Orders a packet and waits on the association to supply figures.
- Assembles a PDF from uploaded or re-keyed data.
- Adds a service fee on top of the statutory charge.
- No live tie back to the books behind each number.
CommunityPay
- Generated from the association’s live ledger in minutes.
- Every disclosure item mapped to its statutory subsection.
- The statutory fee ($375) goes to the association — no portal markup.
- SHA-256 content hash and an immutable audit trail.
The statutory fee goes to the association — not a portal.
Texas caps the condo resale certificate at $375.
A document portal layers its own service fee on top of that statutory charge. Generating the
certificate from the association’s own ledger does not.
The compliance profile that governs a
Texas condominium resale certificate, with the fee cap, delivery deadline, and buyer
review period for each. Every figure is read from the live profile registry.
Texas Uniform Condominium Act
Tex. Prop. Code §82.157 · 14 required items
Recent change. SB 711 (89th Leg., R.S., 2025) added Tex. Prop. Code §82.157(f), capping the condominium resale-certificate preparation fee at $375 ("a reasonable and necessary fee, not to exceed $375, to furnish a resale certificate under Subsection (a)"). The condominium resale certificate was previously uncapped. The corpus threshold TX_RC_FEE_CAP_CONDO ($375) and the tx_condo_82 profile fee cap were set to reflect this amendment. Effective September 1, 2025.
(effective Sept. 1, 2025)
The statutory items that must appear in the certificate, each mapped to its subsection of law.
This is the checklist title officers and board members use to verify completeness.
Texas Uniform Condominium Act
Tex. Prop. Code §82.157 · 14 items
§82.157(a)(1)
Right of first refusal or other restraint on transfer
“any right of first refusal or other restraint contained in the declaration that restricts the right to transfer a unit;”
§82.157(a)(2)
Periodic common expense assessment and unpaid common expenses currently due
“the amount of the periodic common expense assessment and the unpaid common expenses or special assessments currently due and payable from the selling unit owner;”
§82.157(a)(3)
Other unpaid fees or amounts payable by the selling unit owner
“other unpaid fees or amounts payable to the association by the selling unit owner;”
§82.157(a)(4)
Capital expenditures approved by the association for the next 12 months
“capital expenditures, if any, approved by the association for the next 12 months;”
§82.157(a)(5)
Amount of reserves for capital expenditures
“the amount of reserves, if any, for capital expenditures and of portions of those reserves designated by the association for a specified project;”
§82.157(a)(6)
Any unsatisfied judgments against the association
“any unsatisfied judgments against the association;”
§82.157(a)(7)
Nature of any pending suits against the association
“the nature of any pending suits against the association;”
§82.157(a)(8)
Insurance coverage provided for the benefit of unit owners
“insurance coverage provided for the benefit of unit owners;”
§82.157(a)(13)
Association's current operating budget and balance sheet
“the association's current operating budget and balance sheet; and”
§82.157(a)(9)
Whether the board knows of alterations or improvements to the unit or its limited common elements that violate the declaration, bylaws, or rules
“whether the board has knowledge that any alterations or improvements to the unit or to the limited common elements assigned to that unit violate the declaration, bylaws, or association rules”
§82.157(a)(10)
Whether the association received a governmental health or building code violation notice for the unit, its limited common elements, or the condominium
“whether the board has received notice from a governmental authority concerning violations of health or building codes with respect to the unit, the limited common elements assigned to that unit, or any other portion of the condominium”
§82.157(a)(11)
Remaining term of any leasehold estate affecting the condominium and the provisions governing extension or renewal
“the remaining term of any leasehold estate that affects the condominium and the provisions governing an extension or renewal of the lease”
§82.157(a)(12)
Name, mailing address, and telephone number of the association's managing agent, if any
“the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the association's managing agent, if any”
§82.157(a)(14)
Itemized statement of all fees payable to the association or its agent associated with transfer of ownership
“all fees payable to the association or an agent of the association that are associated with the transfer of ownership, including a description of each fee, to whom the fee is paid, and the amount of the fee”
“Unknown” is truthful. When a board-confirmed item has not been
provided, the certificate discloses it as “unknown” with an explanatory statement.
It never omits a required item and never fabricates an answer.
For an association that uses CommunityPay, title companies, escrow officers, agents, and
sellers can request a certificate without an email chain. The board reviews the
disclosures and approves; the certificate is generated from the live ledger and
delivered. For any other association, ask its board or its management company.
01
Request. Submit through the request form (or the Title Company API). The address is matched to the association and unit.
02
Board review. The request queues in the association’s Vault. The board confirms board-level disclosures and approves.
03
Generated. Live data is pulled from the ledger, the resale certificate is produced under Tex. Prop. Code §82.157, and a SHA-256 hash is stamped.
04
Delivered. The requestor is notified; a callback fires if one was provided. The certificate lives in the Vault with a full event log.
CommunityPay generates condominium resale certificates from live ledger data across every state
with a verified compliance profile. Each page details that state’s statute, disclosure
items, fee cap, and deadlines.
A resale certificate is only as trustworthy as the data behind it.
When it is generated from the same system of record that processes payments, tracks
reserves, and enforces governance controls, every figure is verifiable back to the
source transaction.
