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33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-101 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-101. Creation of condominium

 §1602-101. Creation of condominium (a) A condominium may be created pursuant to this Act only by recording a declaration executed in the same manner as a deed, by all persons whose interests in the real estate will be conveyed to unit owners and by every lessor of a lease the expiration or termination of which will terminate the condominium or reduce its size. In the creation of a condominium, the declaration shall be recorded in the same manner as a deed and plats and plans shall be recorded in the same manner as plats and plans generally. All such documents, shall be indexed in the name of the condominium and the parties thereto and may be included in such other indices as shall be determined by the Register of Deeds.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](b) No interest in any unit may be conveyed to a purchaser until the unit is substantially completed as evidenced by a certificate or statement of substantial completion executed by an engineer or architect, or until a certificate of occupancy is issued by the municipal building official; except that this limitation does not apply to contracts, options or reservations for sale of units later to be so completed or to mortgages or transfers of units as security for an obligation, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and foreclosure sales, conveyances to successor declarants or to any person in the business of selling real estate for that person's own account, or to financial institutions.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 261, Pt. B, §16 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 261, Pt. B, §16 (AMD).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-102 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-102. Unit boundaries

 §1602-102. Unit boundaries Except as provided by the declaration:   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](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 thereon are a part of the unit, and all other portions of the walls, floors or ceilings are a part of the common elements.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](2) If any chute, flue, duct, wire, conduit, bearing wall, bearing column or any other fixture lies partially within and partially outside the designated boundaries of a unit, any portion thereof serving only that unit is a limited common element allocated solely to that unit, and any portion thereof serving more than one unit or any portion of the common elements is a part of the common elements.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), all spaces, interior partitions and other fixtures and improvements within the boundaries of a unit are a part of the unit.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](4) Any shutters, awnings, window boxes, doorsteps, stoops, porches, balconies, patios and all exterior doors and windows or other fixtures designed to serve a single unit, but located outside the unit's boundaries, are limited common elements allocated exclusively to that unit.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-103 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-103. Construction and validity of declaration and bylaws

 §1602-103. Construction and validity of declaration and bylaws (a) All provisions of the declaration and bylaws are severable.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](b) Neither the rule against perpetuities nor the provisions of section 116, as it or its equivalent may be amended from time to time, may be applied to defeat any provision of the declaration, bylaws or rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 1603-102, subsection (a), paragraph (1).   [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. B, §3 (AMD); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).](c) In the event of a conflict between the provisions of the declaration and the bylaws, the declaration prevails except to the extent the declaration is inconsistent with this Act.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](d) Title to a unit and common elements is not rendered unmarketable or otherwise affected by reason of an insubstantial failure of the declaration to comply with this Act. Whether a substantial failure impairs marketability is not affected by this Act.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. B, §3 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-104 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-104. Description of units

 §1602-104. Description of units A description of a unit which sets forth the name of the condominium, the recording data for the declaration, the county or registry district 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 that unit which were created by the declaration or bylaws.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-106 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-106. Leasehold condominiums

 §1602-106. Leasehold condominiums (a) Any lease the expiration or termination of which may terminate the condominium or reduce its size, or a memorandum thereof, shall be recorded. Every lessor of those leases must sign the declaration and the declaration shall state:   (1) The recording data for the lease or memorandum thereof;   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](2) The date on which the lease is scheduled to expire;   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](3) A legally sufficient description of the real estate subject to the lease;   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](4) Any right of the unit owners to redeem the reversion and the manner whereby those rights may be exercised or a statement that they do not have those rights;   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](5) Any right of the unit owners to remove any improvements within a reasonable time after the expiration or termination of the lease or a statement that they do not have those rights; and   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](6) Any rights of the unit owners to renew the lease and the conditions of any renewal or a statement that they do not have those rights.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](b) After the declaration for a leasehold condominium is recorded, neither the lessor nor the lessor's successor in interest may terminate the leasehold interest of a unit owner who makes timely payment of the unit owner's share of the rent and otherwise complies with all covenants that, if violated, would entitle the lessor to terminate the lease. A unit owner's leasehold interest is not affected by failure of any other person to pay rent or fulfill any other covenant.   [RR 2013, c. 2, §40 (COR).](c) Acquisition of the leasehold interest of any unit owner by the owner of the reversion or remainder does not merge the leasehold and fee simple interests, unless the leasehold interests of all unit owners subject to that reversion or remainder are acquired.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](d) If the expiration or termination of a lease decreases the number of units in a condominium, the allocated interests shall be reallocated in accordance with section 1602-107, subsection (a) as though those units had been taken by eminent domain. Reallocations shall be confirmed by an amendment to the declaration prepared, executed and recorded by the association.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW). RR 2013, c. 2, §40 (COR).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-107 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-107. Allocations of common element interests, votes and common expense liabilities

 §1602-107. Allocations of common element interests, votes and common expense liabilities (a) The declaration shall allocate a fraction or percentage of undivided interests in the common elements and in the common expenses of the association and a portion of the votes in the association to each unit and state the formulas used to establish those allocations. Those allocations may not discriminate in favor of units owned by the declarant.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](b) If units may be added to or withdrawn from the condominium, the declaration must state the formulas to be used to reallocate the allocated interests among all units included in the condominium after the addition or withdrawal.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](c) The declaration may provide:   (1) That different allocations of votes shall be made to the units on particular matters specified in the declaration; and   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](2) For class voting on specified issues affecting the class if necessary to protect valid interests of the class.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]A declarant may not utilize class voting for the purpose of evading any limitation imposed on declarants by this Act, nor may units constitute a class because they are owned by a declarant.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](d) Except for minor variations due to rounding, the sum of the undivided interests in the common elements and common expense liabilities allocated at any time to all the units shall each equal one if stated as fractions or 100% if stated as percentages. In the event of discrepancy between an allocated interest and the result derived from application of the pertinent formulas, the allocated interest prevails.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](e) The common elements are not subject to partition, and any purported conveyance, encumbrance, judicial sale or other voluntary or involuntary transfer of an undivided interest in the common elements made without the unit to which that interest is allocated is void, except as permitted in section 1603-112.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-108 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-108. Limited common elements

 §1602-108. Limited common elements (a) Except for the limited common elements described in section 1602-102, paragraphs (2) and (4), the declaration shall specify to which unit or units each limited common element is allocated. That allocation may not be altered without the consent of the unit owners whose units are affected.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](b) Except as the declaration otherwise provides, a limited common element may be reallocated by an amendment to the declaration upon application to the association by the unit owners between or among whose units the reallocation is made. Unless the executive board determines within 30 days that the reallocation is unreasonable, the association shall prepare an amendment and any plats or plans needed to depict the amendment. Upon execution by the unit owners, the amendment together with such plats or plans shall be recorded in the names of the parties and the condominium.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](c) A common element not previously allocated as a limited common element may not be so allocated, except pursuant to provisions in the declaration made in accordance with section 1602-105, subsection (a), paragraph (7). The allocations shall be made by amendments to the declarations.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-110 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-110. Exercise of development rights

 §1602-110. Exercise of development rights (a) To exercise any development right reserved under section 1602-105, subsection (a), paragraph (8), the declarant shall prepare, execute and record an amendment to the declaration, section 1602-117, and comply with section 1602-109. The declarant is the unit owner of any units thereby created. The amendment to the declaration must assign an identifying number of each new unit created, and except in the case of subdivision or conversion of units described in subsection (c), reallocate the allocated interests among all units. The amendment must describe any limited common elements thereby created and designate the unit to which each is allocated to the extent required by section 1602-108, limited common elements.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](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 1602-105 or section 1602-106, as the case may be, and the plats and plans includes all matters required by section 1602-109. This provision does not extend the time limit on the exercise of development rights imposed by the declaration pursuant to section 1602-105, subsection (a), paragraph (8).   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](c) When a declarant exercises a development right to subdivide or convert a unit previously created into additional units, common elements, or both:   (1) If the declarant converts the unit entirely to common elements, the amendment to the declaration must reallocate all the allocated interests of that unit among the other units as if that unit had been taken by eminent domain, section 1601-107.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](2) If the declarant subdivides the unit into 2 or more units, whether or not any part of the unit is converted into common elements, the amendment to the declaration must reallocate all the allocated interests of the unit among the units created by the subdivision in any reasonable manner prescribed by the declarant.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](3) Until written notice of conversion is given to the appropriate real estate tax assessor or the period during which conversion may occur expires, whichever occurs first, the declarant alone is liable for real estate taxes assessed against convertible real estate and all other expenses in connection with that real estate. No other unit owner and no other portion of the condominium is subject to a claim for payment of those taxes or expenses. Unless the declaration provides otherwise, any income or proceeds from convertible real estate inures to the declarant.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-111 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-111. Alterations of units

 §1602-111. Alterations of units Subject to the provisions of the declaration and other provisions of law, a unit owner:   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](1) May make any improvements or alterations to his unit that do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the condominium;   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](2) May not change the appearance of the common elements, or the exterior appearance of a unit or any other portion of the condominium, without permission of the association;   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](3) After acquiring an adjoining unit or adjoining part of an adjoining unit, may remove or alter any intervening partition or create apertures therein, even if the partition in whole or in part is a common element, if those acts do not impair the structural integrity or mechanical systems or lessen the support of any portion of the condominium. Removal of partitions or creation of apertures under this paragraph is not alteration of boundaries.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-112 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-112. Relocation of boundaries between adjoining units

 §1602-112. 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 a reallocation between their units of their allocated interests, the application must state the proposed reallocations. Unless the executive board determines, within 30 days, that the reallocations are unreasonable, the association shall prepare an amendment that identifies the units involved, states the reallocations, is executed by those unit owners, contains words of conveyance between them, and upon recordation, is indexed in the name of the grantor and the grantee.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](b) The association shall prepare and record plats or plans necessary to show the altered boundaries between adjoining units, and their dimensions and identifying numbers.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-113 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-113. Subdivision of units

 §1602-113. Subdivision of units (a) If the declaration expressly so permits, a unit may be subdivided into 2 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 declaration, including the plats and plans, subdividing that unit.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](b) The amendment to the declaration must be executed by the owner of the unit to be subdivided, assign an identifying number to each unit created, and reallocate the allocated interests formerly allocated to the subdivided unit to the new units in any reasonable manner prescribed by the owner of the subdivided unit.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-114 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-114. Easement for encroachments

 §1602-114. Easement for encroachments To the extent that any unit or common element encroaches on any other unit or common element, a valid easement for the encroachment exists. The easement does not relieve a unit owner of liability in case of his willful misconduct nor relieve a declarant or any other person of liability for failure to adhere to the plats and plans.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-115 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-115. Use for sales purposes

 §1602-115. 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 not designated a unit by the declaration is a common element, and if a declarant ceases to be a unit owner, he ceases to have any rights with regard thereto unless it is removed promptly from the condominium in accordance with a right to remove reserved in the declaration. Subject to any limitations in the declaration, a declarant may maintain signs on the common elements advertising the condominium. The provisions of this section are subject to the provisions of other state law and to local ordinances.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-116 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-116. Easement to facilitate exercise of special declarant rights

 §1602-116. Easement to facilitate exercise of special declarant 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 Act or reserved in the declaration.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).
33 ME Rev Stat § 1602-117 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 33: PROPERTY|Chapter 31: MAINE CONDOMINIUM ACT|Article 2: CREATION, ALTERATION AND TERMINATION OF CONDOMINIUMS|33 §1602-117. Amendment of declaration

 §1602-117. Amendment of declaration (a) Except in cases of amendments that may be executed by a declarant under section 1602-109, subsection (f) or 1602-110; the association under section 1601-107, 1602-106, subsection (d), 1602-108, subsection (c), 1602-112, subsection (a) or 1602-113; or certain unit owners under section 1602-108, subsection (b), 1602-112, subsection (a), 1602-113, subsection (b) or 1602-118, subsection (b), and except as limited by subsection (d), the declaration, including the plats and plans, may be amended only by vote or agreement of the unit owners of units to which at least 67% of the votes in the association are allocated, or any larger majority the declaration specifies. The declaration may specify a smaller number only if all of the units are restricted exclusively to nonresidential use.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](b) No action to challenge the validity of an amendment adopted by the association pursuant to this section may be brought more than one year after the amendment is recorded.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](c) Every amendment to the declaration must be recorded and is effective only upon recordation. Notice of the amendment shall be sent to all unit owners and mortgagees known to the executive board, but failure to send such notices shall not affect the validity of the amendment.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](d) Except to the extent expressly permitted or required by other provisions of this Act, no amendment may create or increase special declarant rights, increase the number of units, change the boundaries of any unit, the allocated interests of a unit, or the uses to which any unit is restricted, in the absence of unanimous consent of the unit owners.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).](e) Amendments to the declaration required by this Act to be recorded by the association shall be prepared, executed, recorded and certified on behalf of the association by any officer of the association designated for that purpose or, in the absence of designation, by the president of the association.   [PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1981, c. 699 (NEW).