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Section 479-A:1 – Definitions.

    479-A:1 Definitions. – As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: I. "Unit" means a part of the property intended for any type of independent use, including one or more rooms or enclosed spaces located on one or more floors (or part or parts thereof) in a building, and with a direct […]

Section 479-A:10 – Contents of Declaration.

    479-A:10 Contents of Declaration. – The declaration shall contain the following particulars: I. Description of the land on which the building and improvements are or are to be located. II. Description of the building, stating the number of stories and basements, the number of units and the principal materials of which it is or […]

Section 479-A:11 – Contents of Deeds of Units.

    479-A:11 Contents of Deeds of Units. – Deeds of units shall include the following particulars: I. Description of the land as provided in RSA 479-A:10 or the post office address of the property, including in either case the volume, page and date of recording of the declaration. II. The unit number of the unit […]

Section 479-A:12 – Copy of Floor Plans To Be Filed.

    479-A:12 Copy of Floor Plans To Be Filed. – Simultaneously with the recording of the declaration, there shall be filed in the office of the recording officer a set of the floor plans of the building showing the layout, location, unit numbers, and dimensions of the units, stating the name of the building or […]

Section 479-A:14 – Recording.

    479-A:14 Recording. – The declaration and amendment or amendments thereof, any instrument by which the provisions of this chapter may be waived, and every instrument affecting the property of any unit shall be entitled to be recorded. Neither the declaration nor any amendment thereof shall be valid unless duly recorded. Source. 1965, 155:1. 1971, […]

Section 479-A:15 – Removal From Provisions of This Chapter.

    479-A:15 Removal From Provisions of This Chapter. – All of the unit 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 units consent thereto or agree, in either case by instruments duly recorded, […]

Section 479-A:17 – Bylaws.

    479-A:17 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 […]

Section 479-A:18 – Contents of Bylaws.

    479-A:18 Contents of Bylaws. – The bylaws may provide for the following: I. The election from among the unit owners of a board of directors, the number of persons constituting the same, and that the terms of at least 1/3 of the directors shall expire annually; the powers and duties of the board; the […]

Section 479-A:19 – Books of Receipts and Expenditures; Availability for Examination.

    479-A:19 Books of Receipts and Expenditures; Availability for Examination. – The manager or board of directors, as the case may be, shall keep detailed, accurate records in chronological order of the receipts and expenditures affecting the common areas and facilities, specifying and itemizing the maintenance and repair expenses of the common areas and facilities […]

Section 479-A:2 – Application of Chapter.

    479-A:2 Application of Chapter. – This chapter shall be applicable only to property which the sole owner or all the owners thereof or, in the case where the property is leased of another for a period of not less than 30 years, the sole lessee or all the lessees thereof submit to the provisions […]

Section 479-A:21 – Separate Taxation.

    479-A:21 Separate Taxation. – I. Each unit 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 by each assessing unit and special district for all types of taxes authorized by law, including, but not limited […]

Section 479-A:22 – Priority of Lien.

    479-A:22 Priority of Lien. – All sums assessed by the association of unit owners but unpaid for the share of the common expenses chargeable to any unit shall constitute a lien on such unit prior to all other liens except only (1) tax liens on the unit in favor of any assessing unit and […]

Section 479-A:24 – Insurance.

    479-A:24 Insurance. – The manager or the board of directors if required by the declaration, bylaws or by a majority of the unit owners, or at the request of a mortgagee having a first mortgage of record covering a unit, shall have the authority to, and shall, obtain insurance for the property against loss […]

Section 479-A:25 – Disposition of Property; Destruction or Damage.

    479-A:25 Disposition of Property; Destruction or Damage. – If within 60 days of the date of the damage or destruction to all or part of the property it is not determined by the association of unit owners to repair, reconstruct or rebuild, then and in that event: the property shall be deemed to be […]

Section 479-A:26 – Actions.

    479-A:26 Actions. – Without limiting the rights of any unit owner, actions may be brought by the manager or board of directors, in either case in the discretion of the board of directors, on behalf of 2 or more of the unit owners, as their respective interests may appear, with respect to any cause […]

Section 479-A:27 – Personal Application.

    479-A:27 Personal Application. – All unit owners, tenants of such owners, employees of owners and tenants, or any other persons who may in any manner use property or any part thereof submitted to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to this chapter and to the declaration and bylaws of the association of […]