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Boca West: the master association, the Villages, the Country Club and what matters at closing

Every Boca West buyer must join Boca West Country Club, whose most recent published Joining Fee is $150,000, and pays the master a capital contribution, $20,000 under its August 2026 minutes. Each home pays its Village, which collects the master's share. No home may be leased in its first 12 months. Boca West is unincorporated Palm Beach County.

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The association at a glance

Boca West Master Association, the 56 Village associations under it, and Boca West Country Club

HOA fees
Each home pays its Village, which collects the master's share. With the ambulance and bulk cable, the master's charges average $207.02 to $1,541.13 a month a unit for 2026/2027, by Village — see below
Estoppels
Two association estoppels, the master's and the Village's, and the Club's account statement — see below
Certificate of Compliance
No resale of a home is effective unless the master records a Certificate of Compliance with the deed (Declaration Art. V § 1, OR 15135/486, p. 5)
Country Club
Every buyer must join, and the Club's Board of Governors approves the buyer before closing. The most recent Joining Fee the Club has published is $150,000 for new members, collected at closing (Club letter of October 2024)
Paid to the master at closing
An Initial Capital Contribution of up to $25,000, as the Board sets, for closings from 1 October 2026 (OR 36464/632, p. 2). The master's minutes of 26 August 2026 put it at $20,000 from 1 October — see below
Leasing
No lease in the first 12 months of ownership, none shorter than four months, and the master may veto a tenant within 10 days (OR 31471/759, pp. 20–22)
Assessment lien
The buyer is jointly and severally liable for the seller's unpaid master assessments, and master fines over $1,000 are a lien with nothing recorded (OR 31471/759, pp. 9, 22–23)
Manager
The association's own office, 561-488-1598. The master names no management company and employs its own Executive Director, at 20540 Country Club Boulevard. Each Village association has its own manager — see the table below. Source: the master's website, bocawestmaster.com, and its 2026 meeting notices, checked October 22, 2026.

How Boca West compares: HOA fees at closing, association by association

Find a Village

The plan at the top of the page numbers every Village in Boca West. A street address, a lot and plat from the legal description, or a condominium unit finds the one a home is in.

Villages by plat

Boca West has Boca Raton addresses but lies in unincorporated Palm Beach County. It has three layers. Boca West Master Association, Inc. (the master) governs the whole community. Each home is also in one of 56 Villages, most of them condominiums, with its own association. And every buyer must join Boca West Country Club. A resale is not effective until the master records a Certificate of Compliance, and the buyer pays the master a capital contribution and the Club a Joining Fee. "OR 31471/759" means Official Records Book 31471, Page 759.

The master's voting members are not the homeowners. They are the Village associations, Boca West Country Club, Inc. and the owner of the commercial parcel at 7763 Glades Road (Declaration Art. I(k), OR 31471/759, p. 6). An owner votes in the master only through the Village, whose president, or an alternate the president names, casts its votes.

What are the HOA fees in Boca West?

Each home pays its Village association, whose assessment carries the master's share, and every owner pays the Country Club's dues.

For 2026/2027 the master's adopted budget raises its assessment rolls 6.38%, to $8,600,455, spread among the Villages by assessed value as By-Laws § 7.2(b) provides (OR 31471/759, pp. 46–47). On top of a Village's share, every residential unit pays $22.12 a month for the on-site ambulance service and $135.92 a month for bulk cable and internet, the cable rising 4% for August and September 2027. Averaged per unit, the three together run from $207.02 to $1,541.13 a month depending on the Village. What a particular home owes depends on how its Village spreads the charge, and the Village estoppel governs.

We have not found a Village's regular assessment in a document it publishes, so we take it from its estoppel on each file. An HOA's estoppel must state the regular assessment and how often it is paid (Fla. Stat. § 720.30851), and a condominium's does the same (§ 718.116(8)). The disclosure summary a buyer gets before signing has a line for the current amount (§ 720.401(1)(a)). Several Villages, and four umbrella associations over the condominium Villages, have charges of their own; each Village's page says what its documents set.

Social membership in the Club, the base every owner holds, was $24,454.85 a year for 2025/2026, the most recent schedule the Club has published (the Club). At closing the buyer also pays the master's capital contribution and the Club's Joining Fee.

Does the buyer have to join Boca West Country Club?

Yes. "A person or a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity obtaining title to a residential Lot is required, as a use restriction incident to ownership in the Boca West community, to become a member of the Country Club" (Declaration Art. VIII § 7, OR 15135/486, pp. 5–6). The terms of membership are in the Club's own documents, which are not recorded.

  • Who is exempt. Owners of record on 29 April 2003 who were not members need not join, but anyone they sell to must. The master, a Village association or the Club taking a home by foreclosure or deed in lieu need not join. Whoever buys from them must (Art. VIII § 7 A–B, OR 15135/486, p. 6).
  • Tax-deed buyers. The declaration says a buyer at a clerk's, sheriff's or tax sale must join (Art. VIII § 7 B, p. 6). A covenant that requires the grantee "to expend money for any purpose" does not survive a tax deed (Fla. Stat. § 197.573(2)(b)). In a 2026 quiet-title case by a tax-deed buyer, the Club's agreed judgment expressly reserves whether the membership obligation survives the tax deed (OR 36775/479, recorded 4 September 2026). Whether the obligation survives a tax deed is unsettled, and underwriting decides it on the file.
  • Lenders. For mortgages recorded on or after 3 May 2017, an institutional lender that takes title is exempt only if its loan was first made at least 18 months before it became the owner. The exemption does not pass to anyone who buys from it (Art. VIII § 7 B, OR 29061/1072, p. 4). So a bank-owned resale buyer must join. A private lender that forecloses does not qualify as a "Mortgagee" under the declaration and is not exempt (Art. I(i), OR 31471/759, p. 6).
  • The Joining Fee. The most recent figure the Club has published is $150,000 for new members: "Equity $100.00 / Non-refundable Joining Fee $149,900.00", "collected at the closing along with Membership Dues" (Club letter dated October 2024). It "does not include the Master Association or HOA requirements". Children and grandchildren of members pay $135,000, with $27,000 at closing and the rest over four years. We take the fee from the Club in writing on every file.
  • Dues. Social membership, the base every owner holds, was $24,454.85 a year for 2025/2026, with golf and racquet sports as add-ons, all including sales tax (Club 2025/2026 Schedule of Annual Dues and FAQ). That is the most recent schedule the Club has published. The buyer pays Social dues from the date of closing.
  • The buyer owes the seller's Club balance. "The nominee is liable for any Club related outstanding fees/balances that are associated with and due from the owner of the property that the nominee is purchasing" (Club Rules III.A.7). Order the Club's statement with the estoppels.
  • The seller's refund. On receipt of the buyer's Joining Fees the Club repays the seller 80% of the seller's own Equity Payment within 30 days, less anything the seller owes the Club (Club Rules III.A.5). On the published terms a new member's Equity Payment is $100, so the refund can be small; members who joined earlier may have paid more.
  • Entity buyers. An LLC, corporation, partnership, trust or tenancy in common must qualify for membership, identify the people behind it and designate one person or family a year to use the Club. It and the designee are jointly and severally liable under a guaranty "signed or not" (Club Rules III.K).
  • A second home within 75 miles. An owner since 1 October 2000 who owns or lives in another home within 75 miles of Boca West is limited to Social privileges unless the Club grants more under a "75 Mile Agreement". Such an owner may not then lease the Boca West home at all (Club Rules III.J).

The Club's letter, Rules and Regulations ("Updated August 2023"), dues schedule and 2003 By-Laws are its own documents and are not recorded.

Which estoppels does a Boca West closing need?

Two association estoppels and the Club's account statement:

  • The master, Boca West Master Association, Inc. It certifies the capital contribution and any master fine or charge against the home, and issues the Certificate of Compliance that is recorded with the deed. Its by-laws oblige the Board to issue, "upon demand by any Lot owner, a certificate setting forth whether any assessment has been paid" (By-Laws § 5.2(d), OR 31471/759, p. 43). The master asks agents and title companies to email its estoppel request forms to its Executive Assistant (bocawestmaster.com, Contact Us). From 1 October 2026 its estoppel fee is $299, up from $250, and its minutes say requests are processed in one day (Board minutes of 26 August 2026). It has published nothing on the Certificate of Compliance's procedure or fee, so we ask when we order.
  • The Village association. Master assessments are billed to the Villages, which collect them with their own assessments and pay the master monthly. The owner and the Village are each liable for them (Declaration Art. V §§ 2, 12, OR 31471/759, pp. 8, 12). A Village may take a "forbearance" on a delinquent home and stop paying the master's share, after which the two share any later payment, including one made at a sale (Art. V § 12(f), (i), pp. 12–15). The Village estoppel should show the master's assessments as well as its own, and the master's should confirm there is no forbearance on the home. In four groups of condominium Villages an umbrella association also assesses every unit and issues its own estoppel; see the Village table.
  • The Country Club's statement, for the seller's Club account and the buyer's Joining Fee. The Club's rules make the buyer liable for the seller's Club balance (see the Club section). The Club is not a homeowners' association, so no statute sets its deadline or fee.

A homeowners' association must issue its estoppel certificate within 10 business days of a written or electronic request, and charges nothing if it is late (Fla. Stat. § 720.30851). A condominium association has the same 10 business days (Fla. Stat. § 718.116(8)). DBPR adjusts the fee caps for inflation. Its current figures are a $299 base fee, $119 more for delivery within three business days, and $179 more if the owner is delinquent. Our page on estoppel certificate fees sets out who pays them.

Which Village is a Boca West home in?

Every home is in one of 56 Villages, and the Village decides the second estoppel, the Village approval, the lease minimum and, for most homes, whether the condominium statute applies. 36 of the 56 are condominiums on DBPR's condominium list (17 October 2026), with 2,574 of Boca West's roughly 3,500 homes. The rest are platted lots under a homeowners' association. The master's booklet counts "56 residential villages having a total of 3492 residences" (Welcome Book, 8 July 2026).

The plan at the top of this page numbers every Village, and the Find a Village lookup names a home's Village from its street address, its lot and plat, or its condominium unit. A home's legal description names its plat and lot, or its condominium and unit. Ten Villages are not named in their homes' legal descriptions:

Village The legal description reads
Woodcrest Hamlet C at Boca West, Plats 1–3
Wedgewood Boca West Par E-4 (PB 51/99)
Planters Point Boca West Par I-4 Replat
The Pointe Cypress Point Patio Homes
Cypress Point Cypress Point Villas
Courtside Hammocks at Boca West, a condominium
Arbor Lake Arbor Lake at Boca West, a condominium that DBPR lists as Hammocks II
Lakewood Gardens I–III Gardens of Lakewood
Laurel Oaks IV Laurel Oaks 400
Fairway Point II Fairway Point II, including Building 3, its Phase 2

The master's website lists each Village's management company (checked 5 October 2026):

Manager Phone Villages
Bridgewood Management Co. 561-483-7133 Bridgewood Mid-Rise I and II, Bridgewood Townhouse I, II and III, Bridgewood Villas
Campbell Management Co. 954-427-8770 Plantation Colony
Castle Group 561-483-7356 Waters Edge, Willow Wood Gardens, Willow Wood Midrise II and III
Concierge Property Solutions 561-327-6487 Sabal Lake West
Excel Property Management 561-876-3107 Arbor Lake, Cedarwood, The Cove, Courtside, Quail Hollow, Sabal Lake, Waters Bend, Wedgewood (since 1 July 2025), Willow Wood Midrise I, Wind Key
Fairway Point Condo Assn., its own office 561-479-4950 Fairway Point, Fairway Point II
Hawk-Eye Management Co. 561-631-9743 Woodbridge
KW Property Mgt & Consulting 561-270-4200; 561-483-8898 for Laurel Oaks Akoya, Laurel Oaks (I–III, one condominium)
Lakewood Management Co. 561-483-6944 Lakewood Gardens II, Lakewood Midrise I–IV (one association)
Lang Management Company 561-483-7488 Baywood, Clubside, The Island, Oakbrook, The Pointe
Mahogany Services Inc. 561-997-6453 Cedar Glen, Chapel Creek, Cypress Walk, Island Court, Lakewood Gardens I, Mahogany Bend, Planters Point, Waters Reach, Woodcrest
Residential Management Concepts 954-426-0151 Brookwood, Charter Cay, Cypress Point, Fairway Oaks, Lakewood Gardens III, Laurel Oaks IV, Peppertree I–III, Pinelake

A Village can change managers without recording anything. For 16 Villages the Property Appraiser's mailing address or DBPR's list names a different firm, so we confirm the manager when we order the estoppel.

Four umbrella associations take in groups of condominium Villages. Each one's declaration makes every unit owner a member, with assessments secured by a lien:

  • Village of Bridgewood: the six Bridgewood condominiums (OR 2295/213, 1974).
  • Village of Lakewood: Lakewood Gardens I–III and Lakewood Midrise (OR 2512/220, 1976).
  • Village Peppertree: Peppertree I–III (OR 2975/1222, 1978).
  • Village of Willow Wood: Willow Wood Gardens and Willow Wood Mid-Rise I–III (OR 2990/610, 1979).

None is one of the 56 or on the master's assessment roll, so a sale in those Villages needs the umbrella's estoppel too. A condominium association may collect the umbrella's share, so we confirm in writing which estoppel carries it. Early deeds at Cypress Point and Cypress Walk also cite a Village of Cypress Point declaration (OR 3290/1517, 1980); whether that association still assesses is open.

What do the condominium Villages add?

Lakewood Midrise, Willow Wood Midrise, Bridgewood Mid-Rise, Laurel Oaks, Fairway Point and Akoya are buildings of five to ten floors, about 1,224 units, most built from 1974 to 1995. The other condominiums are smaller buildings of two to eight units. In every condominium Village the condominium statute governs the Village layer:

  • The estoppel is under § 718.116(8), and "a unit owner is jointly and severally liable with the previous owner for all unpaid assessments that came due up to the time of transfer of title" (§ 718.116(1)(a)). A first mortgagee's limit covers regular periodic assessments only, and applies only if it joined the association as a defendant in its foreclosure (§ 718.116(1)(b)).
  • The resale documents. Under § 718.503(2) the buyer is entitled, at the seller's expense, to the declaration, articles, by-laws and rules, the annual financial statement and budget, the summary of any milestone inspection report, the latest structural integrity reserve study or a statement that none was done, any turnover inspection report, the "Frequently Asked Questions and Answers" sheet and DBPR's governance form. A buyer without them more than 7 days before signing may cancel within 7 days, excluding weekends and legal holidays, of the later of signing and receipt.
  • Milestone inspections. A building of three or more habitable stories needs one by 31 December of the year it turns 30, then every 10 years (Fla. Stat. § 553.899(3)). Contracts signed after 31 December 2024 must state whether the milestone inspection and reserve study are done. The structural integrity reserve study was due by 31 December 2025 (§ 718.112(2)(g)). A condominium of 25 or more units must post listed records on a website or app (§ 718.111(12)(g)).
  • Leasing amendments. A condominium amendment banning rentals, changing the rental term or limiting how often owners may rent binds only owners who consent to it and those who take title after it (§ 718.110(13)). Quail Hollow's December 2025 limit of one lease in any rolling 12 months therefore binds every buyer since then (OR 36210/453).

Does anyone have to approve the buyer?

Two approvals stand between a contract and a closing, and many Villages add a third.

The master's Certificate of Compliance. Since 29 April 2003, "no instrument purporting to transfer an interest in, or title to, a residential Lot shall be effective unless Master Association shall certify compliance" (Declaration Art. V § 1, OR 15135/486, p. 5; Art. I(e), OR 31471/759, p. 5). It certifies "only by recordation of a Certificate of Compliance in the Public Records of Palm Beach County, Florida, executed by an officer of Master Association". The master's review is "ministerial only". It checks that the home's charges to the master are paid, that the home is not otherwise in violation, and that the buyer will not violate the declaration, "including without limitation the restrictions found in Article VIII, Section 7", the Country Club requirement (OR 15135/486, p. 5). No certificate is needed for a transfer to a surviving spouse by operation of law, or to a former spouse under a divorce decree. Nor is one needed for a transfer to a spouse, child, son-in-law or daughter-in-law by a bona fide estate planning device (Declaration Art. I(e)1, OR 20974/1925, p. 3).

The Country Club's Board of Governors. Before closing, the selling member must notify the Membership Department and obtain "a written affirmation from the Chairperson of the Membership Committee confirming that the buyer's nomination for membership has been approved by the Board of Governors" (Club Rules III.A.1.b). The contract must include "a clause which expressly provides that obtaining such written affirmation … will be a condition precedent to closing". A contract without it "shall be deemed a non-bona fide offer". The Club's Board has "absolute and complete discretion" apart from race, color, religion, gender or national origin, after credit, criminal and litigation checks. Its rules give it up to 45 days for a United States resident, and 60 days otherwise, from complete nomination forms and fees (Club Rules III.A.1, III.A.4). The Club's website adds that membership requires a sponsoring member and an interview.

The Village. Many Village declarations require the Village's own approval of a sale or lease. Brookwood's Board, for example, "shall sit in review of all New Unit Owner purchases" (OR 35815/1300, June 2025), and Quail Hollow has 30 days to approve or disapprove a sale (OR 36210/453, December 2025). We read the Village's documents on every file.

If the Club rejects the buyer, the recorded declaration sets out what happens (Declaration Art. VIII § 7 E, OR 15135/486, pp. 6–7):

  1. The seller notifies the master in writing.
  2. Within 30 days the master delivers an agreement to buy the home, signed by a purchaser it chooses, which "may be Country Club or Master Association itself". The seller "must sell" to it.
  3. The price is the bona fide price in the rejected buyer's contract, paid in cash or on that contract's terms. A dispute over whether the price is bona fide goes to three appraisers.
  4. Closing is on the later of 45 days after the agreement is delivered (or 30 days after an appraised price) and the original contract's closing date.
  5. If the master provides no purchaser, or its purchaser defaults, the sale to the rejected buyer "may close and the transaction will be deemed to be in compliance".

A Boca West contract should provide for the approvals and for this substitution.

What does the buyer pay at closing?

To the master, an Initial Capital Contribution, paid by "Each Lot purchaser or transferee … including all Lots purchased by resale or other transfer of record title" into a capital fund that "is not a reserve account" (Declaration Art. V § 13, OR 36464/632, p. 2):

Closing on or after Amount Instrument
1 October 2026 Up to $25,000, as the Board sets; the amendment says $20,000 "initially" OR 36464/632, p. 2
1 September 2023 to 30 September 2026 $10,000 OR 34401/850, p. 2

The 2026 amendment says: "Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Association presently intends to initially maintain the Capital Contribution at Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00)" (OR 36464/632, p. 2). The Board may set the amount by resolution within the cap. The master's minutes of 26 August 2026 refer to "the increased Capital Contribution to $20,000, effective October 1, that new owners must pay", and its adopted 2026/2027 capital budget counts each sale at $20,000. We have seen no resolution setting the amount, so we take it from the master in writing on every file.

If it is not collected at closing it can be assessed against the owner, with a claim of lien (OR 36464/632, p. 3). No contribution is charged on these transfers:

  • to the master, a Village or the Club, or to an institutional lender by foreclosure, deed in lieu or otherwise, though a buyer from any of them pays (OR 36464/632, pp. 2–3);
  • to an approved Club "Renovator" while it stays approved (OR 36464/632, pp. 2–3);
  • to a parent, spouse, child, sibling or grandchild, or to a family trust for them or for bona fide estate planning (OR 34731/1849, p. 3);
  • between spouses under a divorce judgment (OR 34731/1849, p. 3);
  • to an owner buying an adjacent unit under the Club's combining program (OR 34731/1849, p. 3);
  • to an owner buying another home in Boca West within 12 months of selling their existing one (OR 34731/1849, p. 3).

Since December 2023 the master "shall not charge" on the family, divorce, combining and 12-month transfers (OR 34731/1849, p. 3), and the 2026 text keeps them.

To the Country Club, the Joining Fee and prorated dues described above. What the master and the Village bill each month is under the HOA fees.

To the Village, whatever its own documents charge. Baywood (Bay Wood Townhomes) created a Working Capital Contribution of $3,000 on every transfer in May 2024 (OR 35026/1371). Its August 2026 amendment raised it to $10,000 "or such other amount as determined by the Board from time to time" (OR 36743/601–602). The buyer pays it on every sale, except on foreclosure by the association or a mortgagee, transfers to immediate family, estate planning and divorce. A 2025 restatement of the Baywood declaration (OR 35513/1327) moved the charge to Article VI § 20, the section the 2026 amendment amends.

Can a Boca West home be leased?

Yes, within the limits in the declaration as restated on 4 June 2020 (Declaration Art. VIII § 9, OR 31471/759, pp. 20–22):

  • No lease in the first 12 months. "No Lot Owner other than the Master Association, a Member Village Association, the Country Club, or the owner of the Commercial Parcel may lease his or her Lot or any portion of his, her, or its Lot within the first twelve (12) months of ownership." The master may evict a tenant in violation, at the owner's cost.
  • Nothing shorter than four months, and no advertising for shorter terms.
  • Long-stay guests count as tenants. A guest who stays more than 30 days in a calendar year while the owner is away needs the master's approval to stay longer. Close family are excepted.
  • Background checks and a master veto. A Village that approves leases must run a criminal background check on every tenant 18 or older, through a provider the master approves, and send the results to the master. A tenant convicted of certain felonies whose civil rights have not been restored for at least five years may not live in Boca West. The master has ten days to "intervene and disapprove the tenancy", on criteria that "may be different and more restrictive" than the Village's.
  • The Village's own approval, minimum term and fees come on top. So do the Club's rules for tenants who want Club privileges: a lease of at least 120 days, no more than two membership years in total per unit, screening, a $2,000 escrow deposit and a year's lessee dues (Club Rules V). An owner granted extra privileges under a 75 Mile Agreement may not lease at all.

Which leasing rules bind a buyer. A rental amendment to a homeowners' association's documents enacted after 1 July 2021 generally binds only owners who take title after it, or who consent to it. Limits on leases shorter than six months, or on leasing more than three times a calendar year, bind everyone. A transfer to an affiliated entity or to an heir is not a change of ownership for this rule (Fla. Stat. § 720.306(1)(h)). The master's limits were adopted before 1 July 2021 and bind every owner. A buyer takes title after any amendment recorded before closing, so we search forward for Village and master amendments on every file. Condominium Villages follow § 718.110(13), above.

Is Boca West in the City of Boca Raton?

No. Boca West homes have Boca Raton mailing addresses, but Boca West lies in unincorporated Palm Beach County. The Property Appraiser shows every Boca West parcel as unincorporated, and its master plat, Boca West P.U.D. Master Plat 1, was approved by the County Commission on 23 January 1990 (PB 64/196). Code enforcement and other government liens on a Boca West home are therefore the County's. We run the municipal lien search with Palm Beach County, not the City, and the City's searches on our Boca Raton page do not apply here.

What should a seller and listing agent know?

  • Members must tell the Club's Membership Department before listing a home on the MLS (Club Rules III.M), and the contract needs the Club's condition-precedent clause.
  • A contract signed before the buyer gets the association's disclosure summary can be cancelled within 3 days after the buyer receives it, or before closing, whichever comes first (Fla. Stat. § 720.401). A condominium seller also owes the § 718.503(2) documents described above.
  • Since 1 October 2024 the seller must give the buyer a flood disclosure "at or before the time the sales contract is executed", on every Boca West sale (Fla. Stat. § 689.302).
  • The seller owes the Club the full year's dues for the membership year of the closing, except one month's for an October closing (Club Rules III.N). We ask the Club how the buyer's dues from closing are credited against them.
  • An open exterior petition stays with the home; see the master's rules.
  • If the Club rejects the buyer, the seller must notify the master, which may substitute a purchaser (above).

What title points come up on a Boca West closing?

  • The buyer owes what the seller did not pay. "The current Lot Owner shall be jointly and severally liable with any previous Owner(s) of the Lot for all unpaid assessments, interest, costs and attorneys' fees that came due prior to the time the current Lot Owner acquired title" (Declaration Art. V § 3, OR 31471/759, p. 9). Chapter 720 says the same (Fla. Stat. § 720.3085(2)(b)). The estoppels protect the buyer, not the lien search.
  • Master fines over $1,000 are a lien with nothing recorded. "Any fines exceeding $1,000.00 in aggregate, when levied against a Lot Owner, shall automatically become a lien against the Owner's Lot whether or not a claim of lien is recorded" (Declaration Art. VIII § 11(a), OR 31471/759, pp. 22–23). Ask the master's estoppel about fines. A fine under $1,000 may not become a lien, and a fine needs 14 days' notice and a hearing before a committee of at least three members (Fla. Stat. § 720.305(2)).
  • When the lien attaches. Chapter 720 dates an association's lien from the original declaration's recording, here 1972, except against a first mortgage of record, where it runs from the claim of lien (§ 720.3085(1)).
  • Other charges the master's lien secures: the cost of the ambulance service, exterior maintenance the master performs on a home, the cost of evicting a tenant in violation, and an unpaid capital contribution (Declaration Art. V § 3, Art. VI § 2, Art. VIII § 9(a), OR 31471/759, pp. 9, 16, 20; OR 36464/632, p. 3).
  • Bank-owned resales. For first mortgages made after 3 June 2020 the master's lien is subordinate to a qualifying institutional lender's, but only for assessments due before the foreclosure sale or deed in lieu, and the master's written opinion on subordination "shall be dispositive". For mortgages recorded after 16 December 2013, a clause that applies "Notwithstanding any term herein to the contrary" sends the lender's liability for earlier assessments to Chapter 720 (Declaration Art. V § 9, OR 31471/759, p. 11). Under § 720.3085(2)(c) a lender's liability is capped only if it "filed suit against the parcel owner and initially joined the association as a defendant". Which rule governs a particular sale is for underwriting, and the estoppel shows what the master is claiming.
  • Tax-deed sales. In a tax-deed buyer's quiet-title case, a 2026 default judgment extinguished the master's and a Village's claims for amounts that came due before the tax deed (OR 36861/1516, recorded 16 October 2026). It keeps only the covenants that survive the deed under § 197.573. On a resale after a tax deed we read the judgment and ask underwriting about the Club obligation (above).
  • Club liens. The Club's rules say an account unpaid for more than 60 days "will be subject to a lien, which will be recorded in the official records of Palm Beach County" (Club Rules VI.C.2). Its 2003 By-Laws describe a lien on the Membership, not the home. We search for Club liens against the seller anyway.
  • Courtside Units 1102 and 1104 are bound together. The Club unified the two units "in consideration of the issuance of a permit", by a declaration recorded on 2 January 2025. Neither may be sold separately until the County releases the unity of title in writing (OR 35471/744, pp. 1, 3).
  • Preservation. The master recorded a preservation notice under the Marketable Record Title Act on 6 August 2002 (OR 13998/879), which keeps the covenants it lists for 30 years, to 6 August 2032 (Fla. Stat. § 712.05). An amendment indexed under the association's legal name that cites the declaration's recording information also preserves it (§ 712.05(2)(b)). The 2020 restatement and the 2023 and 2026 amendments are indexed that way and cite OR 2057/112, so they should carry the declaration to about 2050–2056. Covenants are tested lot by lot against each lot's root of title, which we examine on the file.
  • The declaration can change without a vote of owners. The voters are the Villages, the Club and the commercial parcel's owner, and recent amendments were adopted by two-thirds of their voting interests by written consent (for example OR 36464/632, pp. 1–2).

What else should a buyer know before closing?

  • Gate devices. Every resident staying more than four weeks a year must buy a gate device for each vehicle kept in Boca West that long (Declaration Art. VIII § 10, OR 31471/759, p. 22). The master's Welcome Book gives the fee as $59 a device.
  • Exterior changes need two approvals. The owner first obtains the Village's approval, then the master's. The master may deny work a Village approved but, since December 2023, may not overrule a Village's refusal (Declaration Art. VII, OR 34731/1849, pp. 4–5). The master's minutes record a $50 fee for every petition from 1 January 2026, and completion within 180 days with one 90-day extension, then a fine of $100 a day (Board minutes of 8 December 2025 and 6 May 2026). A petition not approved within 45 days is cancelled (Board minutes of 26 August 2026). Work that affects master property needs a refundable $10,000 deposit (Board minutes of 16 September 2026). An association may not require a building permit before it reviews an application, and a denial must be in writing with its reasons (Fla. Stat. § 720.3035). Ask about any open petition on the home.
  • The golf courses are not common area. The developer conveyed the roads and lake bottoms "exclusive of golf courses" (Declaration Art. III § 1, OR 31471/759, p. 6). Owners use the courses only through Club membership.
  • Bulk cable and internet are billed by the master to every unit through the Village (Declaration Art. V § 11, OR 31471/759, pp. 11–12).
  • The master's Board rules. The master's rules packet (revised 6 May 2026) and minutes add vehicle fines and transponder suspensions, and a conduct resolution with fines of $100 to $500. They limit closing hurricane shutters outside the season, allow no new accordion shutters, and require helmets for cyclists and scooter riders. Florida law limits several of them. A pickup truck or a work vehicle that is not a commercial motor vehicle may be parked in the owner's driveway (Fla. Stat. § 720.3075(3)(d)). Hurricane protection that meets the association's adopted specifications may not be refused (§ 720.3035(6)). A suspension for an unpaid debt must be for one "due to the association" (§ 720.305(3)), while the declaration also lets the master suspend gate access for debts owed to the Club or a Village (Art. VIII § 11(c), OR 31471/759, p. 23).

Our practice

How Bayit Title handles this

On a Boca West file we identify the Village from the legal description first, because it decides the second estoppel and whether the condominium statute applies. We order the master's and the Village's estoppels and the Club's statement at once, and ask the master for its Certificate of Compliance requirements early, because the transfer is not effective without it. We confirm the Club's approval of the buyer and the condition-precedent clause in the contract before the closing date is set. We check the capital contribution and the Club's Joining Fee against what each body confirms in writing. Our search looks for master and Club liens and anything recorded since the newest document on this page, and our municipal lien search goes to Palm Beach County.

What is this page based on?

This page rests on the recorded documents of Boca West Master Association, Inc. through 21 April 2026 (OR 36464/632). They are the Declaration of Maintenance Covenants for Boca West recorded in September 1972 (OR 2057/112), its 1974 amendment (OR 2295/192) and later amendments, and the 2020 restatement. They also include the master's articles and by-laws, its 2002 preservation notice, and the Country Club's recorded instruments. The January 2002 amendment that first made a buyer liable for a seller's assessments (OR 13298/1165) is in our set only as a copy inside the preservation notice; the 2020 restatement carries its rule. Also Village amendments and restatements of 2024 to 2026, the master plat, and two 2026 judgments (OR 36775/479; OR 36861/1516). The 2020 restatement replaced the declaration except four parts: Article II, Article V § 1, Article VIII § 7 and Exhibit A, which is why the Certificate of Compliance and the Club requirement are cited to the 2003 amendment.

It also uses documents that are not recorded, and names each where it is used. From the master (bocawestmaster.com): its website, Welcome Book, rules packet, Board minutes and 2026/2027 budget. From the Country Club: its letter of October 2024, Rules and Regulations, dues schedule, By-Laws and website. The Village table rests on DBPR's condominium list (17 October 2026) and the Property Appraiser's records.

The Clerk's index can no longer be searched by name without a person, so anything recorded after 16 October 2026 is not reflected here. Nothing here replaces the estoppel certificates.

Common questions

Do I have to join the Country Club to buy in Boca West?

Yes. Every buyer of a Boca West home must become a member of Boca West Country Club, and the Club's Board of Governors approves the buyer before closing (Declaration Art. VIII § 7, OR 15135/486, pp. 5–6; Club Rules III.A). A bank that took the home by foreclosure may be exempt, but its buyer is not.

How much does it cost to join Boca West Country Club?

The most recent Joining Fee the Club has published is $150,000, of which $100 is equity, collected at closing (Club letter of October 2024). Social dues are prorated from the closing date; the most recent published schedule is $24,454.85 a year for 2025/2026. We take both from the Club in writing on every file.

What is the Boca West capital contribution?

A one-time payment the buyer makes to the master at closing. For closings from 1 October 2026 the Board may set it up to $25,000, and the 2026 amendment says $20,000 to begin with (OR 36464/632, p. 2). The master's August 2026 minutes give $20,000. We confirm the amount with the master in writing.

What are the HOA fees in Boca West?

Each home pays its Village, which collects the master's share with its own assessment. On the master's 2026/2027 budget the master's share, ambulance and bulk cable average $207.02 to $1,541.13 a month per unit, depending on the Village. The Village's own assessment comes on top, and Club dues are separate. The estoppels give the amounts.

Is Boca West in the City of Boca Raton?

No. Boca West has Boca Raton mailing addresses but lies in unincorporated Palm Beach County, so government lien and code searches go to the County (PB 64/196).

Can I rent out my Boca West home?

Not in the first 12 months of ownership, and never for less than four months. The Village checks the tenant, and the master may veto the tenancy within 10 days (Declaration Art. VIII § 9, OR 31471/759, pp. 20–22). The Village and the Club have their own rules on top.

What happens if the Club turns my Boca West buyer down?

The master has 30 days to produce a purchaser of its own, possibly the Club or the master itself, at the same price, and the seller must sell to it. If it produces none, the sale to the original buyer may close (Declaration Art. VIII § 7 E, OR 15135/486, pp. 6–7).

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