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3 LT1-1-2011109755-1 AFFIDAVIT FOR FILING DEDICATORY INSTRUMENTS STATE OF TEXAS ) ) COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY » KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS: WHEREAS section 202.006 of the Texas Property Code requires that a property owners' association file its dedicatory instruments in the real property records of the county in which the property is located, and WHEREAS the Woodland Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc. is a property owners' association as the term is defined in the Texas Property Code and has property located in Montgomery County, Texas, NOW THEREFORE, true copies of the following dedicatory instruments of the Woodland Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc. which have not been previously filed in the public records of Montgomery County are attached hereto, including: Woodland Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc. DOCUMENT RETENTION POLICY FURTHER, other dedicatory instruments of the Woodland Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc. have already been filed in the public records of Montgomery County and these documents supplement the previously filed documents.

SIGNED on this 7th day of December, 2011.

Seat Signature: STATE OF TEXAS » ( COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY » By: Susan Gonzales Title: CKM Property Management, Managing Agent for Woodland Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc.

This instrument was acknowledged before me on this 7th day of December, 2011 by Susan Gonzales.

PUBL LINDA SCHAEFER MY COMMISSION EXPIRES May 15, 2014 Signature: By: Linda Schaefer Title: Notary in and for the State of Texas My commission expires on 05/15/14 LT2-4 Return to: CKM Property Management, Inc.

P.O. Box 160 Tomball, TX 77377-0160 Phone: 281-255-3055 Fax: 281-255-3056 3 تن Woodland Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc.

DOCUMENT RETENTION POLICY STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY cos cos cos

P.O. Box 160 Tomball, TX 77377-0160 Phone: 281-255-3055 Fax: 281-255-3056 3 تن Woodland Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc.

DOCUMENT RETENTION POLICY STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY cos cos cos KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: WHEREAS, the Woodland Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc. ("Association") is charged with administering and enforcing those certain covenants, conditions and restrictions contained in the recorded Declarations for the various sections of the community (referred to collectively as “Declarations”); and WHEREAS, chapter 209 of the Texas Property Code was amended effective January 1, 2012, to add Section 209.005(m) ("Section 209.005") thereto regarding retention of Association documents and records ("Documents"); and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Association ("Board") desires to establish a policy for document retention consistent with Section 209.005 and to provide clear and definitive guidance to owners.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board has duly adopted the following Document Retention Policy.

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Association Documents may be maintained in paper format or in an electronic format this can be readily transferred to paper.

Association Documents shall be retained for the durations listed below: a.

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certificate of formation or articles of incorporation, bylaws, restrictive covenants, other dedicatory instruments and any amendments to same shall be retained permanently; and financial books and records, including annual budgets, reserve studies, monthly financial statements and bank statements, shall be retained for seven (7) years (for example the July 2011 financial statements shall be retained until July 31, 2018); and account records of current owners shall be retained for five (5) years (for

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be retained for seven (7) years (for example the July 2011 financial statements shall be retained until July 31, 2018); and account records of current owners shall be retained for five (5) years (for example, invoice, payment and adjustment records on an owner's account with a transaction date of 08/15/2011 will be retained until 08/15/2016 subject to section (d) below); and account records of former owners shall be retained as a courtesy to that former owner for one (1) year after they no longer have an ownership interest in the property; and contracts with a term of one year or more shall be retained for four (4) years after the expiration of the contract term (for example, a contract expiring on 06/30/2011 and not extended by amendment must be retained until 06/30/2015); and minutes of meetings of the owners and the Board shall be retained for seven (7) years after the date of the meeting (for example, minutes from a 07/20/2011 board meeting must be retained until 07/20/2018); and tax returns and CPA audit records shall be retained for seven (7) years after the last date of the return or audit year (for example, a tax return for the calendar year 2011 shall be retained until 12/31/2018); and decisions of the Architectural Control Committee or Board regarding applications, variances, waivers or related matters associated with individual Woodland Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc.

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properties shall be retained for seven (7) years from the decision date (for example, an application for a swimming pool approved on 10/31/2011 must be retained until 10/31/2018).

Any Documents not described above may be retained for the duration deemed to be

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ecision date (for example, an application for a swimming pool approved on 10/31/2011 must be retained until 10/31/2018).

Any Documents not described above may be retained for the duration deemed to be useful to the purpose of the Association, in the discretion of the Board, its attorney or its managing agent.

Upon expiration of the retention period listed above, the Documents shall no longer be considered Association records and may be destroyed, discarded, deleted, purged or otherwise eliminated.

This Policy is effective upon recordation in the Public Records of MONTGOMERY County, and supersedes any policy regarding document retention which may have previously been in effect. Except as affected by Section 209.005 and/or by this Policy, all other provisions contained in the Declarations or any other dedicatory instruments of the Association shall remain in full force and effect.

Approved and adopted by the Board on this 22 day of November 2011.

Eric R Miller President Woodland Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc.

STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY cos cos cos § Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Eric R Miller, President of Woodland Oaks Property Owners Association, Inc., a Texas corporation, known to me to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she had executed the same as the act of said corporation for the purpose and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacity therein stated.

Given under my hand and seal of office this [Notarial Seal] DANA JO KELLY Notary Public, State of Texas My Commission Expires October 14, 2012 22 day of November, Notary Public, State of Texas 2011.

Dana to Kelly, Printed Name My commission expires: 18/14/12 FILED FOR RECORD

otary Public, State of Texas My Commission Expires October 14, 2012 22 day of November, Notary Public, State of Texas 2011.

Dana to Kelly, Printed Name My commission expires: 18/14/12 FILED FOR RECORD 12/13/2011 10:07AM Mark Tumbl COUNTY CLERK MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY I hereby certify this instrument was filed in file number sequence on the date and at the time stamped herein by me and was duly RECORDED in the Official Public Records of Montgomery County, Texas.

12/13/2011 COUNTY RT OF * MONTGOM Mark Tumbl County Clerk Montgomery County, Texas Doc# 2011109755