A. The manager or the board of directors if required by the declaration, bylaws or by a majority of the unit owners shall insure the property against the risks and under the terms required. The insurance coverage shall be written in the name of the manager, board of directors or the association of unit owners as trustees for each unit owner in the percentage established in the declaration. Insurance premiums shall be common expenses. The requirement of common insurance coverage shall not prejudice the right of each unit owner to insure separately his own unit.
B. In the case of fire or other disaster, the insurance indemnity shall be applied to reconstruct the building unless the damage comprises more than two-thirds of the building, in which case the indemnity may be delivered pro rata to the co-owners in accordance with the decision of three-fourths of the co-owners.
History: 1953 Comp., § 70-4-27, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 221, § 27; 1975, ch. 318, § 28.
ANNOTATIONSSeverability. — Laws 1975, ch. 318, § 29, provided for the severability of the act if any part or application was held invalid.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 15A Am. Jur. 2d Condominiums and Cooperative Apartments §§ 5, 29, 30, 44, 54, 55.
31 C.J.S. Estates § 153 et seq.