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35-8A-205
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) A legally sufficient
description of the real estate included in the condominium; (4) A statement of the maximum
number of units which the declarant reserves the right to create; (5) A description of the
boundaries of each unit created by the declaration, including the unit's identifying number;
(6) A description of any limited common elements, other than those specified in Section 35-8A-202(2)
and (4), as provided in Section 35-8A-209(b)(10); (7) A description of any common elements
(except real estate subject to development rights) which may be allocated subsequently as
limited common elements, other than limited common elements specified in Section...
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35-8A-404
Section 35-8A-404 Offering statement - Condominiums subject to development rights. If the declaration
provides that a condominium is subject to any development rights, the offering statement must
disclose, in addition to the information required by Section 35-8A-403: (1) The maximum number
of units that may be created; (2) A statement of how many or what percentage of the units
which may be created will be restricted exclusively to residential use, or a statement that
no representations are made regarding use restrictions; (3) If any of the units that may be
built within real estate subject to development rights are not to be restricted exclusively
to residential use, a statement as to whether there is a maximum percentage of the units which
may be used for nonresidential purposes; (4) A statement of any development rights reserved
by a declarant and of any conditions relating to or limitations upon the exercise of development
rights; (5) A statement of the maximum extent to which the...
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35-8A-304
Section 35-8A-304 Transfer of special declarant rights. (a) No special declarant right specified
in Section 35-8A-103(24) created or reserved under this chapter may be transferred except
by an instrument evidencing the transfer recorded in every county in which any portion of
the condominium is located. The instrument is not effective unless executed by the transferor
and the transferee in the same formality as a conveyance of real property. (b) Upon transfer
of any special declarant right, the liability of a transferor declarant is as follows: (1)
A transferor is not relieved of any obligation or liability arising before the transfer and
remains liable for warranty obligations imposed upon him or her by this chapter. Lack of privity
does not deprive any unit owner of standing to maintain an action to enforce any obligation
of the transferor. (2) If a successor to any special declarant right is an affiliate of a
declarant specified in Section 35-8A-103(1), the transferor is jointly and...
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35-8A-210
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 assign an identifying number to each new unit created, and, except in the case of subdivision
or conversion of units described in subdivision (2) of subsection (c), reallocate the allocated
interests among all units. The amendment must describe any common elements and any limited
common elements thereby created and, in the case of limited common elements, designate the
unit to which each is allocated to the extent required by Section 35-8A-208. (b) Development
rights may be reserved within any real estate added to the condominium if the amendment adding
that real estate includes all matters required by Section...
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35-8A-403
Section 35-8A-403 Offering statement - General provisions. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(b), an offering statement must contain or fully and accurately disclose the following information
with regard to the condominium, including a proposed condominium: (1) The name and principal
address of the declarant; (2) The name and the address, legal description, or other description
of the location of the condominium, and the number and types of units in the condominium;
(3) A general description of the condominium, including to the extent possible, number and
types of buildings, structures, and amenities the declarant is obligated to build, and declarant's
schedule of commencement and completion of construction of buildings, structures, and amenities
the declarant is obligated to include in the condominium; (4) Copies of the declaration, as
well as any recorded plats, plans, easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, and reservations
affecting the condominium; the certificate or...
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35-8A-413
Section 35-8A-413 Express warranties. (a) Express warranties made by the declarant, an affiliate
of the declarant, or any person in the business of selling real estate for his or her own
account, to a purchaser of a unit, if relied upon by the purchaser, are created as follows:
(1) Any affirmation of material fact or material promise which relates to the unit, its use,
or rights appurtenant thereto, improvements to the condominium that would directly benefit
the unit, or the right to use or have the benefit of facilities not located in the condominium,
creates an express warranty that the unit and related rights and uses will conform to the
affirmation or promise; (2) Any model or description of the physical characteristics of the
condominium, including plans and specifications of or for improvements, creates an express
warranty that the condominium will substantially conform to the model or description; (3)
Any description of the quantity or extent of the real estate comprising the...
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35-8A-103
Section 35-8A-103 Definitions. In the declaration and bylaws, unless specifically provided
otherwise or the context otherwise requires, and in this chapter, the following terms are
defined as set forth below: (1) AFFILIATE OF A DECLARANT. Any person who controls, is controlled
by, or is under common control with a declarant. A person "controls" a declarant
if the person (i) is a general partner, officer, director, or employer of the declarant, (ii)
directly or indirectly or acting in concert with one or more other persons, or through one
or more subsidiaries, owns, controls, holds with power to vote, or holds proxies representing
more than 20 percent of the voting interest in the declarant, (iii) controls in any manner
the election of a majority of the directors of the declarant, or (iv) has contributed more
than 20 percent of the capital of the declarant. A person "is controlled by" a declarant
if the declarant (i) is a general partner, officer, director, or employer of the person,...
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35-8A-209
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, if any contain all information required by this section.
If the plat contains all of the information described in subsections (b), (c), (d), and (g),
plans are not required. The recorded plan and plans are part of the declaration. (b) Each
plat must show: (1) The name of the condominium and a survey of the real property included
in the condominium; (2) The location and dimensions of all existing improvements located on
the condominium property; (3) The location and dimensions of any real estate subject to development
rights reserved over any part of the condominium property, labeled to identify the rights
applicable to each identified portion, but the plat need not...
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35-8A-105
Section 35-8A-105 Separate titles and taxation. (a) If there is any unit owner other than a
declarant, each unit that has been created, together with its interest in the common elements,
constitutes for all purposes a separate parcel of real estate. (b) If there is any unit owner
other than a declarant, each unit must be separately taxed and assessed, and no separate tax
or assessment may be rendered against any common elements for which a declarant has reserved
no development rights. (c) Any portion of the common elements for which the declarant has
reserved any development right may be separately taxed and assessed against the declarant,
and, if separately taxed and assessed, the declarant alone would be liable for payment of
those taxes. (d) If there is no unit owner other than a declarant, the real estate comprising
the condominium may be taxed and assessed in any manner provided by law. (e) All laws authorizing
exemptions or deductions from taxation shall be applicable to each...
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35-8A-411
Section 35-8A-411 Release of liens. (a) In the case of a sale of a unit where delivery of an
offering statement is required pursuant to Section 35-8A-402(c) or a disclosure is made pursuant
to Section 35-8A-407, a seller shall record or furnish to the purchaser releases of all liens
or an agreement to release any liens that encumber that unit and its common element interest,
except liens on real estate that a declarant has the right to withdraw from the condominium,
that the purchaser does not expressly agree in a written contract of sale which specifically
identifies such lien and its amount to take subject to or assume, or provide a surety bond
or substitute collateral for or insurance against the lien in the manner provided for liens
on real estate in Section 35-11-233(b). (b) In conveying real estate to the association the
declarant shall have that real estate released from: (i) all liens the foreclosure of which
would deprive unit owners of any right of access to or easement of...
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