Yes, an HOA can trespass someone in Florida from common areas when that person is not an owner, tenant or guest, because a community association can act as the owner’s agent. It cannot use trespass to bar an owner or tenant from their own home. For residents who break the rules, the law gives the board fines and suspensions instead.
Section 810.09 defines the authorized person who can order someone off property as the owner, the owner’s agent, or a community association authorized as an agent for the owner, plus a police officer whose department has written authorization. That lets an association, its manager or its security officers warn an outsider away from a pool, clubhouse or other common property. Defying an order to leave that was personally communicated is a first-degree misdemeanor.
Residents are a different matter. Under section 720.305, members and their tenants, guests and invitees must follow the governing documents, and the board may levy fines or suspend use of common areas and facilities, generally after 14 days’ written notice and a hearing before an independent committee. A suspension can never block an owner’s or tenant’s vehicle and pedestrian access to their parcel, including the right to park. Whether a given association holds agent authority depends on its documents, so it is not automatic.
Boards that want consistent enforcement should put that agent authority in writing and have officers document every warning. What community officers may and may not do is explained in can HOA security pull you over, and the board-level steps are covered in how to hire private security for HOAs. An association attorney should review any trespass policy before it is used.