703.20 Books of receipts and expenditures.
(1) Record keeping; availability for examination. An association shall keep detailed, accurate records using standard bookkeeping procedures of the receipts and expenditures affecting the common elements, specifying and itemizing the maintenance and repair expenses of the common elements and any other expenses incurred. The records and the vouchers authorizing the payments shall be available for examination by the unit owners at convenient hours.
(2) Disclosure information. Within 10 days after a written request by a seller other than the declarant, an association shall furnish the information necessary for the seller to comply with s. 703.33. The association may charge to the seller, and the seller shall pay to the association, all of the following amounts:
(a) Except as provided in s. 703.205, the actual costs of furnishing the information under s. 703.33 (1), (1m), and (2) or $50, whichever is less.
(b) The actual costs of furnishing the information under s. 703.33 (3m) or $15, whichever is less.
(3) Declarant responsibilities for records. During the period of declarant control under s. 703.15 (2) (c), the declarant is responsible for creating and maintaining the financial and operational records of the association and shall turn the records over to the directors elected under s. 703.15 (2) (f). During the period of declarant control under s. 703.15 (2) (c) and for one year thereafter, upon written request to the association by the lesser of 3 unit owners or the owners of 10 percent of the units, not including units owned by the declarant, the association shall arrange for an independent audit of its financial records at the association's expense. The cost of any audit requested within 36 months after the completion of a previous audit shall be paid for by the requesting unit owners.
History: 1977 c. 407; 1985 a. 188; 2003 a. 283; 2017 a. 303.
NOTE: 2003 Wis. Act 283, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.