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Common Interest Ownership Act

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Short title: Common Interest Ownership Act.

Applicability of chapter.

Definitions.

Variation by agreement and waiver of rights prohibited. Exceptions.

Separate titles and taxation. Recording of certificate by cooperative. Conveyance of interest in cooperative.

Applicability of real property use laws to conversion of buildings to common interest ownership.

Eminent domain.

Supplemental general principles of law applicable.

Construction against implicit repeal.

Severability.

Unconscionable contracts or contract clauses. Leases involving land or facilities in residential common interest communities that are presumed to be unconscionable.

Obligation of good faith.

Remedies to be liberally administered.

Adjustment of dollar amount.

Section
47-213a

Relationship of chapter to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

Applicability of chapter and amendments thereto to common interest communities.

Applicability to nonresidential, mixed use and small common interest communities, limited expense liability planned communities and common interest communities with a conversion building.

Applicability to preexisting common interest communities.

Exception for certain preexisting common interest communities.

Applicability to amendments to governing instruments.

Applicability to out-of-state common interest communities.

Section
47-219a

Arrangements re real property costs. Separate common interest community not created thereby.

Section
47-219b

Exemption re covenant to share costs or other obligations.

Creation of common interest community.

Unit boundaries.

Construction and validity of declaration, bylaws and rules. Marketability of title. Recording of surveys or plans.

Description of unit.

Contents of declaration.

Leasehold common interest communities.

Allocation of interests.

Limited common elements.

Surveys and plans.

Exercise of development rights.

Alterations of units.

Section
47-230a

Display of object on entry door or entry door frame which is motivated by observance of religious practice or belief. Restrictions.

Relocation of unit boundaries.

Subdivision of units.

Monuments as boundaries.

Use for sales purposes.

Easement and use rights.

Amendment of declaration or bylaws.

Termination of common interest community.

Rights of secured lenders.

Master associations.

Section
47-239a

Termination and dissolution of master association. Establishment of nonstock corporation.

Merger or consolidation of common interest communities.

Addition of unspecified real property.

Section
47-241a

Master planned communities.

Addition of land or units to limited equity cooperative.

Organization of unit owners' association.

Powers and duties of unit owners' association.

Section
47-244a

Unincorporated unit owners' association's statutory agent for service.

Section
47-244b

Service of process on statutory agent.

Executive board members and officers. Duties. Period of declarant control: Delivery of property and documents by declarant; current financial statement. Prohibitions re elections of executive board members.

Transfer of special declarant rights. Obligations and liabilities.

Termination of contracts and leases.

Bylaws.

Upkeep of common interest community. Liability for expenses.

Meetings. Rules.

Quorum.

Voting. Proxies. Ballots.

Liability.

Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements.

Insurance.

Surplus funds.

Assessments for common expenses. Assessments due to wilful misconduct, failure to comply with standards or gross negligence.

Lien for assessments and other sums due association. Enforcements.

Other liens.

Association records. Copies. Fees.

Association as trustee.

Section
47-261a

Basic education program for association members and management.

Section
47-261b

Rules.

Section
47-261c

Notice to unit owners.

Section
47-261d

Removal of officers and directors.

Section
47-261e

Adoption of budgets. Special assessments. Loan agreements.

Section
47-261f

Litigation involving declarant.

Applicability of part. Exceptions to requirement of public offering statement or resale certificate.

Public offering statement requirements. Liability.

Public offering statement. General provisions and requirements.

Requirements for public offering statement when community is subject to development rights.

Requirements for public offering statement when ownership or occupancy is by time shares.

Requirements for public offering statement when community contains conversion building.

Requirements for public offering statement when interest in community is security.

Purchaser's right to cancel.

Resales of units.

Escrow of deposits. Distribution of interest.

Release of liens.

Rights of tenants in conversion buildings.

Express warranties of quality.

Implied warranties of quality.

Exclusion or modification of implied warranties of quality.

Action for breach of warranty. Statute of limitations.

Cause of action to enforce chapter, declaration or bylaws. Attorney's fees and costs. Alternative dispute resolution. Hearings before executive board.

Labeling of promotional material.

Declarant's obligation to complete and restore.

Substantial completion of units required.

Statement of policy.

Definitions.

Conversion tenant's right to conversion notice and public offering statement.

Conversion tenant's right to purchase converted unit.

Conversion tenant's right to terminate lease and abandon unit.

Conversion tenant's right to relocation payment.

Registration of common interest community. Notice to Department of Housing.

Rent increases of conversion tenants.

Eviction of conversion tenants.

Unenforceable lease provisions.

Tenant's cause of action.

Applicability of protection afforded conversion tenants.

Complaints of violations. Investigations. Enforcement action by Attorney General.

Regulations.

Sections
47-296 to 47-299

Reserved for future use.