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§ 921. Separate taxation

Each apartment and its percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall be deemed to be a parcel and shall be subject to separate assessment and taxation under the provision of subtitle 2 of Title 33. Neither the building, the property nor any of the common areas and facilities shall be deemed […]

§ 922. Priority of lien

(a) All sums assessed by the Association of Apartment Owners but unpaid for the share of the common expenses chargeable to any apartment shall constitute a lien on such apartment prior to all other liens except only (i) tax liens on the apartment in favor of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, and […]

§ 914. Recording

(a) The declaration, any amendment or amendments thereof, any instruments by which the provisions of this chapter may be waived, and every instrument affecting the property or any apartment shall be entitled to be recorded. Neither the declaration nor any amendment thereof shall be valid unless duly recorded. (b) In addition to the records and […]

§ 915. Removal from provisions of this chapter

(a) All of the apartment owners may remove a property from the provisions of this chapter by an instrument to that effect, duly recorded, provided that the holders of all liens affecting any of the apartments consent thereto or agree, in either case by instruments duly recorded, that their liens be transferred to the percentage […]

§ 917. Bylaws

The administration of every property shall be governed by bylaws a true copy of which shall be annexed to the declaration and made a part thereof. No modification of or amendment to the bylaws shall be valid unless set forth in an amendment to the declaration and such amendment is duly recorded.

§ 908. Liens against apartments; removal from lien; effect of part payment

(a) Subsequent to recording the declaration as provided in this chapter, and while the property remains subject to this chapter, no lien shall thereafter arise or be effective against the property. During such period liens or encumbrances shall arise or be created only against such apartment and the percentage of undivided interest in the common […]

§ 909. Common profits and expenses

The common profits of the property shall be distributed among, and the common expenses shall be charged to, the apartment owners according to the percentage of the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities.

§ 910. Contents of declaration

The declaration shall contain the following particulars: (1) Description of the land, whether leased or in fee simple, on which the building and improvements are or are to be located. (2) Description of the building, stating the number of stories and basements, the number of apartments and the principal materials of which it is or […]