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WA Rev Code § 64.90.415 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.90 - Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.|64.90.415 - Period of declarant control—Transition.

RCW 64.90.415 Period of declarant control—Transition.(1)(a) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the declaration may provide for a period of declarant control of the association, during which period a declarant, or persons designated by the declarant, may:(i) Appoint and remove the officers and board members; or(ii) Veto or approve a proposed action of the board or association.(b) A declarant may voluntarily surrender the right to appoint and remove officers and board members before the period ends. In that event, the declarant may require that during the remainder of the period, specified actions of the association or board, as described in a recorded amendment to the declaration executed by the declarant, be approved by the declarant before they become effective. A declarant's failure to veto or approve such proposed action in writing within thirty days after receipt of written notice of the proposed action is deemed approval by the declarant.(2) Regardless of the period provided in the declaration, and except as provided in RCW 64.90.320(7), a period of declarant control terminates no later than the earliest of:(a) Sixty days after conveyance of seventy-five percent of the units that may be created to unit owners other than a declarant;(b) Two years after the last conveyance of a unit, except to a dealer;(c) Two years after any right to add new units was last exercised; or(d) The day the declarant, after giving notice in a record to unit owners, records an amendment to the declaration voluntarily surrendering all rights to appoint and remove officers and board members.(3) Not later than sixty days after conveyance of twenty-five percent of the units that may be created to unit owners other than a declarant, at least one member and not less than twenty-five percent of the members of the board must be elected by unit owners other than the declarant. Not later than sixty days after conveyance of fifty percent of the units that may be created to unit owners other than a declarant, not less than thirty-three and one-third percent of the members of the board must be elected by unit owners other than the declarant. Until such members are elected and take office, the existing board may continue to act on behalf of the association.(4) Within thirty days after the termination of any period of declarant control or, in the absence of such period, not later than a date that is sixty days after the conveyance of seventy-five percent of the units that may be created to unit owners other than a declarant, the board must schedule a transition meeting and provide notice to the unit owners in accordance with RCW 64.90.445(1)(c). At the transition meeting, the board elected by the unit owners must be elected in accordance with RCW 64.90.410(2).[ 2018 c 277 § 304.]
WA Rev Code § 64.90.430 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.90 - Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.|64.90.430 - Contracts and leases—Termination.

RCW 64.90.430 Contracts and leases—Termination.(1) Within two years after the transition meeting, the association may terminate without penalty, upon not less than ninety days' notice to the other party, any of the following if it was entered into before the board was elected:(a) Any management, maintenance, operations, or employment contract, or lease of recreational or parking areas or facilities; or(b) Any other contract or lease between the association and a declarant or an affiliate of a declarant.(2) The association may terminate without penalty, at any time after the board elected by the unit owners pursuant to RCW 64.90.415(4) takes office upon not less than ninety days' notice to the other party, any contract or lease that is not bona fide or was unconscionable to the unit owners at the time entered into.(3) This section does not apply to:(a) Any lease the termination of which would terminate the common interest community or reduce its size, unless the real estate subject to that lease was included in the common interest community for the purpose of avoiding the right of the association to terminate a lease under this section; or(b) A proprietary lease.[ 2018 c 277 § 307.]
WA Rev Code § 64.90.435 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.90 - Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.|64.90.435 - Organizational documents.

RCW 64.90.435 Organizational documents.(1) Unless provided for in the declaration, the organizational documents of the association must:(a) Provide the number of board members and the titles of the officers of the association;(b) Provide for election by the board or, if the declaration requires, by the unit owners of a president, treasurer, secretary, and any other officers of the association the organizational documents specify;(c) Specify the qualifications, powers and duties, terms of office, and manner of electing and removing board members and officers and filling vacancies in accordance with RCW 64.90.410;(d) Specify the powers the board or officers may delegate to other persons or to a managing agent;(e) Specify a method for the unit owners to amend the organizational documents;(f) Describe the budget ratification process required under RCW 64.90.525, if not provided in the declaration;(g) Contain any provision necessary to satisfy requirements in this chapter or the declaration concerning meetings, voting, quorums, and other activities of the association; and(h) Provide for any matter required by law of this state other than this chapter to appear in the organizational documents of organizations of the same type as the association.(2) Subject to the declaration and this chapter, the organizational documents may provide for any other necessary or appropriate matters.[ 2018 c 277 § 308.]
WA Rev Code § 64.90.440 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.90 - Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.|64.90.440 - Maintenance, repair, replacement—Liability of unit owner—Inspection.

RCW 64.90.440 Maintenance, repair, replacement—Liability of unit owner—Inspection.(1) Except to the extent provided by the declaration, subsections (2) and (4) of this section, or RCW 64.90.470(8), the association must maintain, repair, and replace the common elements, including limited common elements, and each unit owner must maintain, repair, and replace that owner's unit.(2) The board may by rule designate physical components of the property for which a unit owner is otherwise responsible that present a heightened risk of damage or harm to persons or property if the physical components fail. The association may require that specific measures be taken by the unit owner or the association to diminish that risk of harm. If a unit owner fails to accomplish any necessary maintenance, repair, or replacement to those components, or fails to take any other measures required of the unit owner under this subsection, the association may, after notice to a unit owner and an opportunity to be heard, enter the unit in the manner pursuant to subsection (3) of this section to perform such maintenance, repair, replacement, or measure at the expense of that unit owner.(3) Upon prior notice, except in case of an emergency, each unit owner must afford to the association and the other unit owners, and to their agents or employees, access through that owner's unit and limited common elements reasonably necessary for the purposes stated in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, including necessary inspections by the association. If damage is inflicted on the common elements or on any unit through which access is taken, the unit owner responsible for the damage, or the association if it is responsible, is liable for the prompt repair of the damage.(4) In addition to the liability that a declarant as a unit owner has under this chapter, the declarant alone is liable for all expenses in connection with real estate subject to development rights and no other unit owner and no other portion of the common interest community is subject to a claim for payment of those expenses. However, the declaration may provide that the expenses associated with the operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of a common element that the owners have a right to use must be paid by the association as a common expense. Unless the declaration provides otherwise, any income or proceeds from real estate subject to development rights inures to the declarant.(5) In a plat community or miscellaneous community, if all development rights have expired with respect to any real estate, the declarant remains liable for all expenses of that real estate unless, upon expiration, the declaration provides that the real estate becomes common elements or units.[ 2018 c 277 § 309.]
WA Rev Code § 64.90.450 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.90 - Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.|64.90.450 - Quorum.

RCW 64.90.450 Quorum.(1) Unless the organizational documents provide otherwise, a quorum is present throughout any meeting of the unit owners if persons entitled to cast twenty percent of the votes in the association:(a) Are present in person or by proxy at the beginning of the meeting;(b) Have voted by absentee ballot; or(c) Are present by any combination of (a) and (b) of this subsection.(2) Unless the organizational documents specify a larger number, a quorum of the board is present for purposes of determining the validity of any action taken at a meeting of the board only if individuals entitled to cast a majority of the votes on that board are present at the time a vote regarding that action is taken. If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of the board members present is the act of the board unless a greater vote is required by the organizational documents.[ 2018 c 277 § 311.]
WA Rev Code § 64.90.460 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.90 - Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.|64.90.460 - Liability—Tolling.

RCW 64.90.460 Liability—Tolling.(1) A unit owner is not liable, solely by reason of being a unit owner, for an injury or damage arising out of the condition or use of the common elements. Neither the association nor any unit owner except the declarant is liable for that declarant's torts in connection with any part of the common interest community which that declarant must maintain.(2)(a) An action alleging a wrong done by the association, including an action arising out of the condition or use of the common elements, may be maintained only against the association and not against any unit owner.(b) If the wrong occurred during any period of declarant control and the association gives the declarant reasonable notice of and an opportunity to defend against the action, the declarant who then controlled the association is liable to the association or to any unit owner for (i) all tort losses not covered by insurance suffered by the association or that unit owner and (ii) all costs that the association would not have incurred but for a breach of contract or other wrongful act or omission by the association.(c) If a declarant is liable to an association under this section, the declarant is also liable for all expenses of litigation, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, incurred by the association.(3)(a) Except as provided in RCW 64.90.680 with respect to warranty claims, any statute of limitation affecting the association's right of action against a declarant under this chapter is tolled until any period of declarant control terminates.(b) A unit owner is not precluded from maintaining an action contemplated under this section because that person is a unit owner, board member, or officer of the association. Liens resulting from judgments against the association are governed under RCW 64.90.490.[ 2018 c 277 § 313.]
WA Rev Code § 64.90.475 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.90 - Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.|64.90.475 - Accounts and records—Reconciliation.

RCW 64.90.475 Accounts and records—Reconciliation.(1) The association must establish and maintain its accounts and records in a manner that will enable it to credit assessments for common expenses and specially allocated expenses, including allocations to reserves, and other income to the association, and to charge expenditures, to the account of the appropriate units in accordance with the provisions of the declaration.(2) To assure that the unit owners are correctly assessed for the actual expenses of the association, the accounts of the association must be reconciled at least annually unless the board determines that a reconciliation would not result in a material savings to any unit owner. Unless provided otherwise in the declaration, any surplus funds of the association remaining after the payment of or provision for common expenses and any prepayment of reserves must be paid annually to the unit owners in proportion to their common expense liabilities or credited to them to reduce their future common expense assessments.[ 2018 c 277 § 316.]
WA Rev Code § 64.90.490 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.90 - Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.|64.90.490 - Other liens.

RCW 64.90.490 Other liens.(1) In a condominium, plat community, and miscellaneous community:(a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this subsection, a judgment for money against the association perfected under RCW 4.64.020 is not a lien on the common elements, but is a lien in favor of the judgment lienholder against all of the other real estate of the association and all of the units in the common interest community at the time the judgment was entered. Other property of a unit owner is not subject to the claims of creditors of the association.(b) If the association has granted a security interest in the common elements to a creditor of the association pursuant to RCW 64.90.465, the holder of that security interest must exercise its right against the common elements before its judgment lien on any unit may be enforced.(c) Whether perfected before or after the creation of the common interest community, if a lien, other than a deed of trust or mortgage, including a judgment lien or lien attributable to work performed or materials supplied before creation of the common interest community, becomes effective against two or more units, the unit owner of an affected unit may pay to the lienholder the amount of the lien attributable to the unit, and the lienholder, upon receipt of payment, must promptly deliver a release of the lien covering that unit. The amount of the payment must be proportionate to the ratio that the unit owner's common expense liability bears to the common expense liabilities of all unit owners that are subject to the lien. After payment, the association may not assess or have a lien against that unit owner's unit for any portion of the common expenses incurred in connection with that lien.(d) A judgment against the association must be recorded and indexed in the name of the common interest community and the association and, when so indexed, is notice of the lien against the units.(2) In a cooperative:(a) If the association receives notice of an impending foreclosure on all or any portion of the association's real estate, the association must promptly transmit a copy of that notice to each unit owner of a unit located within the real estate to be foreclosed. Failure of the association to transmit the notice does not affect the validity of the foreclosure.(b) Whether a unit owner's unit is subject to the claims of the association's creditors, other property of a unit owner is not subject to those claims.[ 2018 c 277 § 319.]
WA Rev Code § 64.90.500 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.90 - Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.|64.90.500 - Association as trustee.

RCW 64.90.500 Association as trustee.With respect to a third person dealing with the association in the association's capacity as a trustee, the existence of trust powers and their proper exercise by the association may be assumed without inquiry. A third person is not bound to inquire whether the association has power to act as trustee or is properly exercising trust powers. A third person, without actual knowledge that the association is exceeding or improperly exercising its powers, is fully protected in dealing with the association as if it possessed and properly exercised the powers it purports to exercise. A third person is not bound to assure the proper application of trust assets paid or delivered to the association in its capacity as trustee.[ 2018 c 277 § 321.]
WA Rev Code § 64.90.505 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.90 - Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.|64.90.505 - Rules—Notice.

RCW 64.90.505 Rules—Notice.(1) Unless the declaration provides otherwise, the board must, before adopting, amending, or repealing any rule, give all unit owners notice of:(a) Its intention to adopt, amend, or repeal a rule and provide the text of the rule or the proposed change; and(b) A date on which the board will act on the proposed rule or amendment after considering comments from unit owners.(2) Following adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule, the association must give notice to the unit owners of its action and provide a copy of any new or revised rule.(3) If the declaration so provides, an association may adopt rules to establish and enforce construction and design criteria and aesthetic standards and, if so, must adopt procedures for enforcement of those standards and for approval of construction applications, including a reasonable time within which the association must act after an application is submitted and the consequences of its failure to act.(4) An association's internal business operating procedures need not be adopted as rules.(5) Every rule must be reasonable.[ 2018 c 277 § 322.]
WA Rev Code § 64.90.512 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.90 - Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.|64.90.512 - Installation of drought resistant landscaping or wildfire ignition resistant landscaping.

RCW 64.90.512 Installation of drought resistant landscaping or wildfire ignition resistant landscaping.(1) The declaration of a common interest ownership and any governing documents adopted by an association may not prohibit the installation of drought resistant landscaping or wildfire ignition resistant landscaping. However, the declaration or governing documents may include reasonable rules regarding the placement and aesthetic appearance of drought resistant landscaping or wildfire ignition resistant landscaping, as long as the rules do not render the use of drought resistant landscaping or wildfire ignition resistant landscaping unreasonably costly or otherwise effectively infeasible.(2) If a property is located within the geographic designation of an order of a drought condition issued by the department of ecology under RCW 43.83B.405, an association may not impose a fine or assessment against an owner, or resident on the owner's property, for reducing or eliminating the watering of vegetation or lawns for the duration of the drought condition order.(3) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit or restrict the establishment and maintenance of a fire buffer within the building ignition zone.(4) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(a) "Building ignition zone" means a building and surrounding area up to two hundred feet from the foundation.(b) "Drought resistant landscaping" means the use of any noninvasive vegetation adapted to arid or dry conditions, stone, or landscaping rock.(c) "Firewise" means the firewise communities program developed by the national fire protection association, which encourages local solutions for wildfire safety by involving homeowners, community leaders, planners, developers, firefighters, and others in the effort to protect people and property from wildfire risks.(d) "Wildfire ignition resistant landscaping" includes:(i) Any landscaping tools or techniques, or noninvasive vegetation, that do not readily ignite from a flame or other ignition source; or(ii) The use of firewise methods to reduce ignition risk in a building ignition zone.[ 2020 c 9 § 4.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2020 c 9: See note following RCW 64.38.057.
WA Rev Code § 64.90.520 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.90 - Washington Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act.|64.90.520 - Officers and board members—Removal.

RCW 64.90.520 Officers and board members—Removal.(1) Unit owners present in person, by proxy, or by absentee ballot at any meeting of the unit owners at which a quorum is present may remove any board member and any officer elected by the unit owners, with or without cause, if the number of votes in favor of removal cast by unit owners entitled to vote for election of the board member or officer proposed to be removed is at least the lesser of (a) a majority of the votes in the association held by such unit owners or (b) two-thirds of the votes cast by such unit owners at the meeting, but:(i) A board member appointed by the declarant may not be removed by a unit owner vote during any period of declarant control;(ii) A board member appointed under RCW 64.90.420(3) may be removed only by the person that appointed that member; and(iii) The unit owners may not consider whether to remove a board member or officer at a meeting of the unit owners unless that subject was listed in the notice of the meeting.(2) At any meeting at which a vote to remove a board member or officer is to be taken, the board member or officer being considered for removal must have a reasonable opportunity to speak before the vote.(3) At any meeting at which a board member or officer is removed, the unit owners entitled to vote for the board member or officer may immediately elect a successor board member or officer consistent with this chapter.(4) The board may, without a unit owner vote, remove from the board a board member or officer elected by the unit owners if (a) the board member or officer is delinquent in the payment of assessments more than sixty days and (b) the board member or officer has not cured the delinquency within thirty days after receiving notice of the board's intent to remove the board member or officer. Unless provided otherwise by the governing documents, the board may remove an officer elected by the board at any time, with or without cause. The removal must be recorded in the minutes of the next board meeting.[ 2018 c 277 § 325.]