Most HOA homes carry covenants recorded decades ago. Setback reads them and tells you what they say in plain English, with the page each rule came from.
Landscaping in front yards shall be completed within 30 days of certificate of occupancy. This shall include the installation of an underground sprinkler system. Backyards and side yards shall be landscaped with sprinklers within 180 days of occupancy. Only sod is permitted on front yards. Seed and hydro-seed are permitted on side and rear yards.
The front yard has to be sod, and it is due 30 days after move-in.
Seed is only allowed on the side and back yards. Recording no. 1664281, recorded June 8, 2005.
Three rules from real Franklin County covenants. Each one is still on record against the lots it covers.
Coles Estates. Recorded November 16, 1967. Page 2.
No livestock or poultry shall be permitted to be grazed, kept or maintained on any lot of less than 1.9 acres in Coles Estates. On lots of 1.9 acres or more, one horse is permissible; on lots of four (4) acres or more, three horses (3) are permissible.
The Reach at River Ranch. Recorded May 22, 2017. Page 7.
Any and all fences on all lots shall be either wrought iron with a black finish or chain link with a black powder finish.
Lazy B Estates. Recorded January 24, 2024. Page 6.
No sign of any kind shall be displayed to the public view on or from any Lot without the prior written consent of the ACC, except for "For Rent" or "For Sale" signs not to exceed 2'x2', except political yard signs as permitted by RCW 64.38.035.
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The county recorder keeps every declaration, amendment, and plat. We find the ones that apply to your lot.
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That includes typed pages from 1967. When a scan is too faint to read with confidence, we say so and do not guess.
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Each rule sits next to the original wording and its page number, so you can check it yourself.
We read every page of every covenant before a county goes live. These are the real counts.
| Recorded documents read | 1,260 |
|---|---|
| Rules pulled out of them | 23,608 |
| Parcels linked to their covenants | 13,652 |
| Oldest and newest recordings | 1967 to 2026 |
Counts as of October 30, 2026. Updated every night.
Agents, title officers, and lenders can screen a list of parcels at once or pull the same data through the API on the Pro plan.