Over 30 US states have right to charge laws that prohibit HOAs and condo associations from unreasonably denying EV charger installation requests in individually owned or assigned parking spaces. These laws typically require HOAs to respond within 60 days, accept the owner's cost, and cannot impose unreasonable restrictions. Even in states without specific legislation, blanket EV charger bans are increasingly unenforceable.
Right to charge laws are state statutes that specifically limit the ability of homeowners associations, condo associations, and landlords to restrict or prohibit EV charger installation on residential property. The laws vary by state but generally share several common elements: the HOA or condo association cannot unreasonably deny a properly submitted installation request, the owner must pay all costs associated with the installation, the owner must carry liability insurance naming the association as additional insured, and the association has a specific response deadline typically 60 to 90 days after which silence may constitute approval.
The right to charge movement began in California in 2011 and has since spread to over 30 states. Each new adoption reflects growing legislative recognition that EV charging access is a practical necessity for EV adoption and that blanket HOA prohibitions undermine state and national transportation policy goals. The trend is clearly toward more states adopting right to charge legislation, not fewer.
States with confirmed right to charge legislation as of June 2026
The most common reason HOA EV charger requests fail is procedural, not substantive. HOAs that want to delay or deny requests often look for technical deficiencies in the application as justification. A well-prepared request that addresses every standard HOA concern before the board can raise them is far more likely to be approved quickly and without dispute.
Every successful HOA EV charger request includes a written request to the HOA board referencing your state's right to charge law by name, a licensed electrician's site assessment and installation plan showing the proposed conduit route and charger location, a certificate of insurance naming the HOA as additional insured for the installation, a written commitment to pay all installation costs and restore any common area modifications, and documentation of your EV ownership or lease. With this package a board that wants to approve has everything it needs and a board that wants to delay has fewer grounds to do so.
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