Section 35-8A-201 Creation of condominium. (a) A condominium may be created pursuant to this chapter only by filing a declaration executed in the same manner as a deed with the judge of probate in every county in which any portion of the condominium is located. (b) The judge of probate shall index the declaration of […]
Section 35-8A-202 Unit boundaries. Except as provided by the declaration: (1) If walls, floors, or ceilings are designated as boundaries of a unit, all lath, furring, wallboard, plasterboard, plaster, paneling, tiles, wallpaper, paint, finished flooring, and any other materials constituting any part of the finished surfaces thereof are a part of the unit, and all […]
Section 35-8A-203 Construction and validity of declaration and bylaws. (a) All provisions of the declaration and bylaws are severable. (b) The rule against perpetuities may not be applied to defeat any provision of the declaration, bylaws, rules, or regulations adopted pursuant to section 35-8A-302(a)(1). (c) In the event of a conflict between the provisions of […]
Section 35-8A-204 Description of units. A description of a unit which sets forth the name of the condominium, the recording data for the declaration, the county in which the condominium is located, and the identifying number of the unit, is a sufficient legal description of that unit and all rights, obligations, and interests appurtenant to […]
Section 35-8A-205 Contents of declaration. (a) The declaration for a condominium must contain: (1) The name of the condominium, which must include the word “condominium” or be followed by the words “a condominium,” and the name of the association; (2) The name of every county in which any part of the condominium is situated; (3) […]
Section 35-8A-206 Leasehold condominiums. (a) Any lease the expiration or termination of which may terminate the condominium or reduce its size shall be recorded. Every lessor of those leases must sign the declaration, and the declaration must state: (1) The recording data for the lease, the date of the lease, and the date of its […]
Section 35-8A-207 Allocation of common element interests, votes, and common expense liabilities. (a) The declaration must allocate to each unit in a condominium a fraction or percentage of undivided interests in the common elements and in the common expenses of the association specified in section 35-8A-315(a), and a portion of the votes in the association, […]
Section 35-8A-208 Limited common elements. (a) Except for the limited common elements described in Section 35-8A-202(2) and (4), the declaration must specify to which unit or units each limited common element is allocated. An allocation may not be altered without the consent of the association and the unit owners whose units are affected by the […]
Section 35-8A-209 Plats and plans. (a) A clear and legible plat of the condominium property and plans, if required under subsection (d), shall be recorded in the office of the judge of probate in every county in which any portion of the condominium is located and shall contain a certification that the plat and plans, […]
Section 35-8A-210 Exercise of development rights. (a) To exercise any development right reserved under Section 35-8A-205(a)(8), the declarant shall prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration as specified in Section 35-8A-217 and comply with Section 35-8A-209. The declarant is the unit owner of any units thereby created. The amendment to the declaration must […]
Section 35-8A-211 Alterations of units. Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, a unit owner: (1) May make any improvements or alterations to his or her unit that do not impair the structural integrity, or mechanical systems, or lessen the support of any portion of the condominium; (2) May not […]
Section 35-8A-212 Relocation of boundaries between adjoining units. (a) Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, the boundaries between adjoining units may be relocated by an amendment to the declaration upon application to the association by the owners of those units. If the owners of the adjoining units have specified […]
Section 35-8A-213 Subdivision of units. (a) If the declaration expressly so permits, a unit may be subdivided into two or more units. Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, upon application of a unit owner to subdivide a unit, the association shall prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the […]
Section 35-8A-214 Monuments as boundaries. The existing physical boundaries of a unit or the physical boundaries of a unit reconstructed in substantial accordance with the original plats and plans thereof become its boundaries rather than the metes and bounds expressed in the deed or plat or plan, regardless of settling or lateral movement of the […]
Section 35-8A-215 Use for sales purposes. A declarant may maintain sales offices, management offices, and models in units or on common elements in the condominium only if the declaration so provides and specifies the rights of a declarant with regard to the number, size, location, and relocation thereof. Any sales office, management office, or model […]
Section 35-8A-216 Easement rights. Subject to the provisions of the declaration, a declarant has an easement through the common elements as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of discharging a declarant’s obligations or exercising special declarant rights, whether arising under this chapter or reserved in the declaration. (Acts 1990, No. 90-551, p. 858, §2-116.)
Section 35-8A-217 Amendment of declaration. (a) Except in cases of amendments that may be executed by a declarant under section 35-8A-209(f) or 35-8A-210; the association under section 35-8A-107, 35-8A-206(d), 35-8A-208(c), 35-8A-212(a), or 35-8A-213; or by certain unit owners under section 35-8A-208(b), 35-8A-212(a), 35-8A-213(b), or 35-8A-218(b), and except as limited by subsection (d), the declaration, including […]
Section 35-8A-218 Termination of condominium. (a) Except in the case of a taking of all the units by eminent domain specified in Section 35-8A-107, a condominium may be terminated only by agreement of unit owners of units to which at least 80 percent of the votes in the association are allocated, or any larger percentage […]
Section 35-8A-219 Rights of secured lenders. The declaration may require that all or a specified number or percentage of the mortgagees or beneficiaries of deeds of trust encumbering the units approve specified actions of the unit owners or the association as a condition to the effectiveness of those actions, but no requirement for approval may […]
Section 35-8A-220 Master associations. (a) If the declaration for a condominium provides that any of the powers described in Section 35-8A-302 are to be exercised by or may be delegated to a profit or nonprofit corporation which exercises those or other powers on behalf of one or more condominiums or for the benefit of the […]
