Control and Governance of Condominiums

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  5. Control and Governance of Condominiums

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Section
42–1903.01

Bylaws; recordation; unit owners’ association and executive board thereof; powers and duties; officers; amendment and contents thereof; responsibility for insurance on common elements

Section
42–1903.02

Control by declarant; limitations; contracts entered on behalf of unit owners; declarant to act where owners’ association or officers thereof not existent; graduated representation of unit owners in executive board; strict construction

Section
42–1903.03

Meetings; electronic notice

Section
42–1903.04

Meetings — Executive board; quorums

Section
42–1903.05

Allocation of votes within unit owners’ association; vote where more than 1 owner of unit; proxies; majority; provisions not applicable to units owned by association

Section
42–1903.06

Officers; disqualification

Section
42–1903.07

Maintenance, repair, etc., of condominiums; right of access for repair; liability for damages arising from exercise thereof; warranty against structural defects; limitations upon actions; bond or other security

Section
42–1903.08

Unit owners’ associations; powers and rights; deemed attorney-in-fact to grant and accept beneficial easements

Section
42–1903.08a

Condominium Association Advisory Council

Section
42–1903.09

Tort and contract liability of association and declarant; judgment liens against common property and individual units

Section
42–1903.10

Insurance obtained by association; notice to unit owners

Section
42–1903.11

Rights to surplus funds

Section
42–1903.12

Liability for common expenses; special assessments; proportionate liability fixed in bylaws; installment payment of assessments; when assessment past due; interest thereon

Section
42–1903.12a

Notice of intention to take legal action to collect past due amounts

Section
42–1903.13

Lien for assessments against units; priority; recordation not required; enforcement by sale; notice to delinquent owner and public; distribution of proceeds; power of executive board to purchase unit at sale; limitation; costs and attorneys’ fees; statement of unpaid assessments; liability upon transfer of unit

Section
42–1903.14

Books, minutes, and records; inspection

Section
42–1903.15

Limitation on right of first refusal and other restraints on alienation; recordable statement of waiver of rights to be supplied promptly upon request

Section
42–1903.16

Warranty against structural defects; limitation for conversion condominiums; exclusion or modification of warranty

Section
42–1903.17

Statute of limitations for warranties

Section
42–1903.18

Master associations — Authorization; powers; rights and responsibilities of unit owners; election of executive board

Section
42–1903.19

Merger or consolidation of condominiums

Section
42–1903.20

Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements

Section
42–1903.21

Unit owners’ association as trustee