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Ohio Rev Code § 5311.033 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.033 | Conversion of Convertible Units.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration, all or any portion of a convertible unit may be converted into one or more units or common elements, including limited common elements.(2)(a) To cause the conversion, the owner shall prepare and execute an amendment to the declaration that describes the conversion and record the amendment together with the drawings described in division (E) of section 5311.07 of the Revised Code.(b) The amendment shall specify the undivided interests in the common elements, proportionate shares of common surplus and common expenses, and the voting powers of each unit resulting from the conversion, the total of which shall equal the interest, share, and power of the unit that was converted. The amendment to the declaration shall assign an identifying number to each unit formed, allocate to each unit a portion of the undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to the convertible unit, describe or delineate the limited common elements formed out of the convertible unit, and show or designate each unit to which those limited common elements are reserved.(3) The conversion of a convertible unit pursuant to this section is deemed to occur at the time that all appropriate instruments are recorded in accordance with division (A)(2) of this section and division (E) of section 5311.07 of the Revised Code.(B) A convertible unit that, in whole or in part, is not converted in accordance with this section shall be treated as a single unit until it is so converted.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.041 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.041 | Common Expenses.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|(A) All costs of the administration, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of common elements are common expenses.(B)(1) The declaration, either as filed and recorded by the declarant pursuant to section 5311.06 of the Revised Code or as amended by a vote of the unit owners exercising not less than ninety per cent of the voting power of the unit owners association, may provide that, regardless of undivided interests, the following common expenses shall be computed on an equal per unit basis:(a) Expenses that arise out of the administration, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of security, telecommunications, rubbish removal, roads, entrances, recreation facilities, landscaping, and grounds care;(b) Legal, accounting, and management expenses.(2) Expenses not included in division (B)(1) of this section shall be computed on the basis of the undivided interest in the common elements allocated to each unit.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.051 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.051 | Expandable Condominium Property.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|Land and improvements on the property of an expandable condominium property are considered added to the condominium property and submitted to the provisions of this chapter upon the declarant and all owners and lessees of the added land executing and filing for record pursuant to sections 5311.06 and 5311.07 of the Revised Code, an amendment to the declaration that contains the information, drawings, and plans with respect to the additional property and improvements required by those sections and by divisions (A) and (B) of section 5311.05 of the Revised Code. The amendment, pursuant to the declaration and section 5311.04 of the Revised Code, shall allocate and reallocate undivided interests in the common elements of the condominium property appertaining to each unit of the condominium property. The execution and filing for record of an amendment submitting additional property to an expandable condominium property is an effective amendment of the declaration without a vote of the unit owners.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.052 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.052 | Action to Contest Change in Percentage Interests in Common Areas and Facilities of Unit Owners.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|If a condominium property for which the declaration was filed with a county recorder prior to October 1, 1978, has been expanded by the addition of units in accordance with the declaration, and if the unit owners do not commence an action to contest the change in the undivided interests in the common elements in a court of competent jurisdiction within two years after the date that the amendment was filed with the county recorder, each of the unit owners of the condominium property as expanded is deemed to have assented to and ratified the amendment, and the undivided interests in the common elements of the unit owners is no longer contestable.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.06 | Declaration of Condominium Property Filed and Recorded.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|(A)(1) A declaration of condominium property shall be filed and recorded in the office of the recorder of the county or counties in which the land or water slips described in the declaration are situated. All original declarations when filed shall be accompanied by a set of drawings of the condominium property as required by section 5311.07 of the Revised Code and a true copy of the bylaws of the unit owners association as required by section 5311.08 of the Revised Code.(2) Any amendment to the declaration that effects any change in the bylaws or drawings, including an amendment to add additional land or an improvement to the condominium property, shall be accompanied by a true copy of the change in the bylaws and drawings.(B) A recorder shall not accept any declaration or amendment and any bylaws and drawings for recording until a copy of the declaration or amendment and the bylaws and drawings have been filed with the auditor of the county and the declaration or amendment contains the auditor's certification that a copy of the declaration or amendment and any bylaws and drawings have been filed with the auditor.(C) No interest in a unit shall be conveyed until the declaration, bylaws, and drawings, certified as required by this section, have been filed for record. Errors or omissions in the declaration, bylaws, or drawings do not affect the title of a grantee of a unit.(D) This section does not prohibit a developer and a purchaser from entering into an agreement for the sale of a condominium ownership interest prior to filing the documents that create that condominium ownership interest.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.07 | Condominium Drawings.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|(A)(1) A set of drawings shall be prepared for every condominium property that graphically shows the boundaries, location, designation, length, width, and height of each unit; the boundaries, location, designation, and dimensions of the common elements and the limited common elements and exclusive use areas; and the location and dimensions of all appurtenant easements or encroachments.(2) If the condominium property is not contiguous, the drawings shall show the distances between parcels of land or water slips.(3) The drawings for commercial units that do not have wall surfaces shall show the monumental perimeter boundaries of those units.(4) The drawings need not show interior walls or partitions that are not load-bearing.(B) Each drawing shall bear both of the following:(1) The certified statement of a registered architect or registered professional engineer that the drawing accurately shows each building or water slip as built or constructed;(2) The certified statement of a registered professional surveyor that the drawing accurately reflects the location of improvements and recorded easements.(C) If some, but not all, portions of the condominium property are to be held by unit owners in a leasehold estate, the drawings shall show the location and dimensions of each portion and shall label the portion as leased land or as leased property. If there is more than one portion of leased land or leased property, the drawings shall label each portion in a manner that is different from the labels designating any other portions of the leased land or leased property and different from the identifying number of any unit.(D) If the condominium property contains any improvements other than units, the drawings or amendments shall indicate which, if any, of the improvements have been begun but have not been substantially completed by the use of the phrase "(NOT YET COMPLETED)."(E)(1) If any owner of a convertible unit converts all or any portion of a convertible unit into one or more units and common elements, including limited common elements, the owner shall prepare, file, and record drawings as described in divisions (E)(2) and (3) of this section that pertain to the portion of the building, improvement, or structure that constituted the former convertible unit.(2) The drawings shall show the boundaries, location, designation, length, width, and height of each unit formed out of the former convertible unit; the boundaries, location, designation, and dimensions of the limited common elements appurtenant to each unit; and the boundaries, location, designation, and dimensions of any common element formed out of the former convertible unit.(3) Each drawing shall bear the certified statement of a registered architect or registered professional engineer that the drawing accurately shows the units, common elements, and appurtenant limited common elements formed out of the former convertible unit.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.09 | Unit Owners Association Records.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|(A)(1) The unit owners association shall keep all of the following:(a) Correct and complete books and records of account that specify the receipts and expenditures relating to the common elements and other common receipts and expenses;(b) Records showing the allocation, distribution, and collection of the common profits, losses, and expenses among and from the unit owners;(c) Minutes of the meetings of the association and the board of directors;(d) Records of the names and addresses of the unit owners and their respective undivided interests in the common elements.(2) Within thirty days after a unit owner obtains a condominium ownership interest, the unit owner shall provide the following information in writing to the unit owners association through the board of directors:(a) The home address, home and business mailing addresses, and the home and business telephone numbers of the unit owner and all occupants of the unit;(b) The name, business address, and business telephone number of any person who manages the owner's unit as an agent of that owner.(3) Within thirty days after a change in any information that division (A)(2) of this section requires, a unit owner shall notify the association, through the board of directors, in writing of the change. When the board of directors requests, a unit owner shall verify or update the information.(B)(1) When elected members of a board of directors of a unit owners association take control of the association, the declarant or developer shall deliver to the board correct and complete copies of all of the following:(a) The books, records, and minutes referred to in division (A) of this section;(b) The declaration, the bylaws, the drawings prepared pursuant to section 5311.07 of the Revised Code, as recorded, and any articles of incorporation of the unit owners association, as recorded;(c) Except in the case of a conversion condominium, documents, information, and sources of information concerning the location of underground utility lines, and plans and specifications that are not proprietary or copyrighted, of the buildings, other improvements, and structures of the condominium property that are reasonably available to the developer, but only in connection with condominium developments declared on or after the effective date of this amendment and condominium developments that are declared prior to that date but originally built or constructed on or after that date.(2) The board of directors may commence a civil action on behalf of the unit owners association in the court of common pleas of the county in which the condominium property is located to obtain injunctive relief or recover damages for harm resulting from the declarant's or developer's failure to comply with division (B)(1) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.091 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.091 | Examination of Books, Records, Minutes.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise prohibited by this section, any member of a unit owners association may examine and copy the books, records, and minutes described in division (A) of section 5311.09 of the Revised Code pursuant to reasonable standards set forth in the declaration, bylaws, or rules the board promulgates, which may include, but are not limited to, standards governing the type of documents that are subject to examination and copying, the times and locations at which those documents may be examined or copied, and the specification of a reasonable fee for copying the documents.(B) The unit owners association is not required to permit the examination and copying of any of the following from books, records, and minutes:(1) Information that pertains to condominium property-related personnel matters;(2) Communications with legal counsel or attorney work product pertaining to pending litigation or other condominium property-related matters;(3) Information that pertains to contracts or transactions currently under negotiation, or information that is contained in a contract or other agreement containing confidentiality requirements and that is subject to those requirements;(4) Information that relates to the enforcement of the declaration, bylaws, or rules of the unit owners association against unit owners;(5) Information the disclosure of which is prohibited by state or federal law.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.10 | Description of Units in Deed, Mortgage, Lease, Other Instrument of Conveyance or Encumbrance and Lien.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|In any deed, mortgage, lease, or other instrument of conveyance or encumbrance of, or by which a lien is created upon any interest or estate in any unit of condominium property, it is sufficient to describe the unit by setting forth the name of the condominium property, the number or other designation of the unit, and the numbers of the volumes and initial pages of the records of the declaration and drawings of the condominium property. This section does not require reference by volume and page to amendments to the declaration or the drawings of the condominium property that accompany an amendment, and the omission of any reference to amendments does not affect the validity of any deed, mortgage, lease, or other instrument referred to in this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.11 | Each Unit Is Separate Parcel for Taxation and Assessment Purposes.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|Each unit of a condominium property and the undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to it is deemed a separate parcel for all purposes of taxation and assessment of real property, and no other unit or other part of the condominium property shall be charged with the payment of those taxes and assessments.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.12 | Liens and Encumbrances Paid Prior to Conveyance.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|No owner of property submitted to the provisions of this chapter shall convey fee title to any unit of the condominium property until all liens and encumbrances, except taxes and assessments of political subdivisions not then due and payable, affecting both the unit and any other part of the condominium property are paid and satisfied, the unit is released from the operation of those liens and encumbrances, or the purchaser of the unit assumes the lien.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.14 | Repair or Restoration of Damages - Sale.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|(A) Unless provided otherwise in the declaration, damage to or destruction of all or any part of the common elements of a condominium property shall be promptly repaired and restored by the board of directors of the unit owners association. The cost of the repairs and restoration shall be paid from the proceeds of insurance, if any, payable because of the damage or destruction, and the balance of that cost is a common expense.(B)(1) Unless provided otherwise in the declaration, in the event of damage to or destruction of all or any part of the common elements of a condominium property, the unit owners, by the affirmative vote of those entitled to exercise not less than seventy-five per cent of the voting power or a greater per cent if provided in the declaration, may elect not to repair or restore the damaged or destroyed common elements.(2) Upon an election not to repair or restore, all of the condominium property is subject to an action for sale as upon partition at the suit of unit owners exercising a majority of the voting power of unit owners. If the condominium property is sold pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section, any net proceeds of the sale, the net proceeds of insurance, and any other indemnity arising because of the damage or destruction are considered as one fund for distribution to all unit owners in proportion to the undivided interests in the common elements appurtenant to their units.No unit owner is entitled to receive any portion of those proceeds until all liens and encumbrances on the unit, except taxes and assessments of political subdivisions not then due and payable, are paid, released, or discharged.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.16 | Condominium Insurance.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|Unless otherwise provided by the declaration or bylaws, the board of directors shall insure all unit owners, their tenants, and all persons lawfully in possession or control of any part of the condominium property for the amount that it determines against liability for personal injury or property damage arising from or relating to the common elements and shall obtain for the benefit of all unit owners, fire and extended coverage insurance on all buildings and structures of the condominium property in an amount not less than eighty per cent of the fair market value. The cost of the insurance is a common expense.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.17 | Removing Condominium Property From Provisions of Condominium Law.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|(A) Unless otherwise provided by the declaration or division (B) of section 5311.14 of the Revised Code, the unit owners, by the affirmative vote of all unit owners, may elect to remove condominium property from the provisions of this chapter. In the event of that election, all liens and encumbrances, except taxes and assessments of political subdivisions not then due and payable, upon all or any part of the condominium property, shall be paid, released, modified, or discharged. A certificate setting forth that the election was made shall be filed with the recorder of the county or counties in which the condominium property is situated and recorded by each recorder. The certificate shall be signed as follows:(1) By the president or other chief officer of the unit owners association, who shall certify in the certificate under oath that all liens and encumbrances, except taxes and assessments of political subdivisions not then due and payable, upon all or any part of the common elements have been paid, released, modified, or discharged;(2) By the unit owners, each of whom shall certify in the certificate under oath that all liens and encumbrances on the owner's unit or units have been paid, released, modified, or discharged, except taxes and assessments of political subdivisions not then due and payable.(B) A recorder shall not accept for recording any certificate pursuant to this section until a copy is filed with the auditor of the same county, and the certificate contains the auditor's endorsement that a copy is filed with the auditor.(C) A condominium property is deemed removed from the provisions of this chapter upon the filing of the certificate with the recorder or recorders, and upon that removal, the property is owned in common by the unit owners. The undivided interest in the property owned by each unit owner is the undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to the units in the condominium property previously owned by each owner.
Ohio Rev Code § 5311.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 53 | Real Property|Chapter 5311 | Condominium Property|Section 5311.19 | Compliance With Deed Restrictions, Declaration, Bylaws and Administrative Rules and Regulations.

Effective: July 20, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 135 - 125th General Assembly|(A) All unit owners, their tenants, all persons lawfully in possession and control of any part of a condominium property, and the unit owners association of a condominium property shall comply with all covenants, conditions, and restrictions set forth in a deed to which they are subject or in the declaration, the bylaws, or the rules of the unit owners association, as lawfully amended. Violations of those covenants, conditions, or restrictions shall be grounds for the unit owners association or any unit owner to commence a civil action for damages, injunctive relief, or both, and an award of court costs and reasonable attorney's fees in both types of action.(B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration or the bylaws, a unit owners association may initiate eviction proceedings, pursuant to Chapters 5321. and 1923. of the Revised Code, to evict a tenant for a violation of division (A) of this section. The action shall be brought by the unit owners association, as the unit owner's agent, in the name of the unit owner.(2) In addition to any procedures required by Chapters 5321. and 1923. of the Revised Code, the unit owners association shall give the unit owner at least ten days written notice of the intended eviction action.(3) The costs of any eviction action brought pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, including reasonable attorney's fees, shall be charged to the unit owner and shall be the subject of a special assessment against the offending unit and made a lien against that unit.