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MN Stat § 515.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.13 — Copy Of The Floor Plans To Be Filed.

515.13 COPY OF THE 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, apartment numbers and dimensions of the apartments, stating the name of the building or that it has no name, and bearing the verified statement of a registered architect, licensed professional engineer, or licensed land surveyor certifying that it is an accurate copy of portions of the plans of the building as filed with and approved by the municipal or other governmental subdivision having jurisdiction over the issuance of permits for the construction of buildings. If such plans do not include a verified statement by such architect, engineer, or licensed land surveyor that such plans fully and accurately depict the layout, location, apartment numbers and dimensions of the apartments as built, there shall be recorded prior to the first conveyance of any apartment an amendment to the declaration to which shall be attached a verified statement of a registered architect, licensed professional engineer, or licensed land surveyor certifying that the plans theretofore filed, or being filed simultaneously with such amendment, fully and accurately depict the layout, location, apartment numbers and dimensions of the apartments as built. Such plans shall be kept by the recording officer in a separate file for each building, indexed in the same manner as a conveyance entitled to record, numbered serially in the order of receipt, each designated "apartment ownership," with the name of the building, if any, and each containing a reference to the book, page and date of recording of the declaration. Correspondingly, the record of the declaration shall contain a reference to the file number of the floor plans of the building affected thereby. History:  1963 c 457 s 13; 1965 c 602 s 3; 1998 c 324 s 9
MN Stat § 515.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.14 — Blanket Mortgage Lien On Apartment When First Conveyed.

515.14 BLANKET MORTGAGE LIEN ON APARTMENT WHEN FIRST CONVEYED. At the time of the first conveyance of each apartment, every mortgage and other lien affecting such apartment, including the percentage of undivided interest of the apartment in the common areas and facilities, shall be paid and satisfied of record, or the apartment being conveyed and its percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall be released therefrom by partial release duly recorded. History:   1963 c 457 s 14
MN Stat § 515.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.15 — Recording.

515.15 RECORDING. (a) The declaration, any amendment or amendments thereof, any instrument by which the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29 may be waived, and every instrument affecting the property or any apartment shall be entitled to be recorded. The declaration and any amendment or amendments thereto shall be submitted to the platting authority of the governing municipality or other governmental subdivision having jurisdiction for review. Neither the declaration nor any amendment thereof shall be valid unless duly recorded in the office of the county recorder or the registrar of titles, as the case may be. (b) In addition to the records and indexes required to be maintained by the recording officer, the recording officer shall maintain an index or indexes whereby the record of each declaration contains a reference to the record of each conveyance of an apartment affected by such declaration, and the record of each conveyance of an apartment contains a reference to the declaration of the building of which such apartment is a part. History:  1963 c 457 s 15; 1974 c 319 s 3; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 515.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.16 — Removal From Provisions Of Sections 515.01 To 515.29.

515.16 REMOVAL FROM PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 515.01 TO 515.29. (a) All of the apartment owners may remove a property from the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29 by an instrument to that effect, duly recorded, provided that the holders of all liens affecting any of the apartments consent thereto or agree, in either case by instruments duly recorded, that their liens be transferred to the percentage of the undivided interest of the apartment owner in the property as hereinafter provided. (b) Upon removal of the property from the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29, the property shall be deemed to be owned in common by the apartment owners. The undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each apartment owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by such owner in the common areas and facilities. History:   1963 c 457 s 16
MN Stat § 515.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.17 — Removal No Bar To Subsequent Resubmission.

515.17 REMOVAL NO BAR TO SUBSEQUENT RESUBMISSION. The removal provided for in section 515.16 shall in no way bar the subsequent resubmission of the property to the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29. History:   1963 c 457 s 17
MN Stat § 515.175 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.175 — Incorporation Of Association.

515.175 INCORPORATION OF ASSOCIATION. Subsequent to July 1, 1976, an association of apartment owners shall be incorporated under chapter 317A before the declaration is recorded. History:  1976 c 244 s 1; 1989 c 304 s 137
MN Stat § 515.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.18 — Bylaws.

515.18 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 recorded. History:   1963 c 457 s 18
MN Stat § 515.195 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.195 — When First Officers' Terms End; Contract Restrictions.

515.195 WHEN FIRST OFFICERS' TERMS END; CONTRACT RESTRICTIONS. Subdivision 1. At annual meeting. At the first annual meeting subsequent to the earlier of (a) five years from the date of recording the declaration or (b) when three-fifths of the apartment owners are other than the owner who submits the property to the provisions of this chapter, the terms of office of all then existing officers and directors shall terminate. Subd. 2. Two-year limit on deals. No contract, lease, management contract, employment contract, or lease of recreational areas or facilities, which is directly or indirectly made by or on behalf of the association of apartment owners shall be entered into for a period exceeding two years. History:   1976 c 244 s 3
MN Stat § 515.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.20 — Record Of Receipts And Expenses Available To Owners.

515.20 RECORD OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES AVAILABLE TO OWNERS. 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 and any other expenses incurred. Such records and the vouchers authorizing the payments shall be available for examination by the apartment owners at convenient hours of weekdays. History:   1963 c 457 s 20
MN Stat § 515.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.21 — Owner Abandonment, Waiver Of Use, Does Not Avert Liability.

515.21 OWNER ABANDONMENT, WAIVER OF USE, DOES NOT AVERT LIABILITY. No apartment owner is exempt from liability for that owner's contribution towards the common expenses by waiver of the use or enjoyment of any of the common areas and facilities or by abandonment of that owner's apartment. History:  1963 c 457 s 21; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 515.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.22 — Separate Taxation.

515.22 SEPARATE TAXATION. Each apartment and its percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall be deemed to be a parcel of real property and shall be subject to separate assessment and taxation by the state of Minnesota or any taxing subdivision thereof for all types of taxes authorized by law including but not limited to special ad valorem levies and special assessments. Neither the building, the property nor any of the common areas and facilities shall be deemed to be a separate parcel of real property. History:   1963 c 457 s 22
MN Stat § 515.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.23 — Priority Of Lien.

515.23 PRIORITY OF LIEN. All sums assessed by the association of apartment owners but unpaid for the share of the common expenses chargeable to any apartment shall constitute a lien on such apartment prior to all other liens except only (i) tax liens on the apartment, including assessments for sewers, grading or paving of streets and other improvements thereof, in favor of the state of Minnesota or any taxing subdivision thereof, and (ii) all sums unpaid on the first mortgage of record. Such lien may be foreclosed by suit by the manager or board of directors, acting on behalf of the apartment owners, in like manner as a mortgage of real property. In any such foreclosure the apartment owner shall be required to pay a reasonable rental for the apartment, if so provided in the bylaws, and the plaintiff in such foreclosure shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver to collect the same. The manager or board of directors, acting on behalf of the apartment owners, shall have power, unless prohibited by the declaration, to bid in the apartment at foreclosure sale, and to acquire and hold, lease, mortgage and convey the same. Suit to recover a money judgment for unpaid common expenses shall be maintainable without foreclosing or waiving the lien securing the same. History:  1963 c 457 s 23; 1965 c 602 s 4
MN Stat § 515.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.24 — Joint, Several Liability Of Buyer, Seller; Common Expense.

515.24 JOINT, SEVERAL LIABILITY OF BUYER, SELLER; COMMON EXPENSE. In a voluntary conveyance the grantee of an apartment shall be jointly and severally liable with the grantor for all unpaid assessments against the latter for the grantor's share of the common expenses up to the time of the grant or conveyance, without prejudice to the grantee's right to recover from the grantor the amounts paid by the grantee therefor. However, any such grantee shall be entitled to a statement from the manager or board of directors, as the case may be, setting forth the amount of the unpaid assessments against the grantor and such grantee shall not be liable for, nor shall the apartment conveyed be subject to a lien for any unpaid assessments against the grantor in excess of the amount therein set forth. History:  1963 c 457 s 24; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 515.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.25 — Insurance.

515.25 INSURANCE. The manager or the board of directors shall have the authority to and shall obtain insurance for the property against loss or damage by fire and such other hazards as are covered under standard extended coverage provisions for the full insurable replacement costs of the common areas and facilities and the apartments. Such insurance coverage shall be written on the property in the name of, and the proceeds thereof shall be payable to, such manager or the board of directors of the association of apartment owners, as trustee for each of the apartment owners in the percentages established in the declaration. Premiums shall be common expenses. Provision for such insurance shall be without prejudice to the right of each apartment owner to insure that owner's own apartment for that owner's benefit. History:  1963 c 457 s 25; 1965 c 602 s 5; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 515.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.26 — Disposition Of Property Where It Is Damaged By Fire Or Other Disaster.

515.26 DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY WHERE IT IS DAMAGED BY FIRE OR OTHER DISASTER. In case of fire or other disaster, if a majority of the apartment owners and all other parties in interest do not voluntarily make provision for reconstruction of the building within 180 days from the date of damage or destruction, the manager or the board of directors of the association of apartment owners shall file for record with the recording officer a notice setting forth such facts and upon the recording of such notice: (1) The property shall be deemed to be owned in common by the apartment owners; (2) The undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each apartment owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by such owner in the common areas and facilities; (3) Any liens affecting any of the apartments shall be deemed to be transferred in accordance with the existing priorities to the percentage of the undivided interest of the apartment owner in the property as provided herein; and (4) The property shall be subject to an action for partition at the suit of any apartment owner, in which event the net proceeds of sale, together with the net proceeds of the insurance on the property, if any, shall be considered as one fund and shall be divided among all the apartment owners in a percentage equal to the percentage of undivided interest owned by each owner in the property, after first paying out of the respective shares of the apartment owners, to the extent sufficient for the purpose, all liens on the undivided interest in the property owned by each apartment owner. History:  1963 c 457 s 26; 1965 c 602 s 6
MN Stat § 515.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.27 — Actions.

515.27 ACTIONS. Without limiting the rights of any apartment 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 two or more of the apartment owners, as their respective interest may appear, with respect to any cause of action relating to the common areas and facilities or more than one apartment. Service of process on two or more apartment owners in any action relating to the common areas and facilities or more than one apartment may be made on the person designated in the declaration to receive service of process. History:   1963 c 457 s 27
MN Stat § 515.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.28 — Personal Application.

515.28 PERSONAL APPLICATION. (a) All apartment owners, tenants of such owners, employees of owners and tenants, or any other persons that may in any manner use property or any part thereof submitted to the provision of sections 515.01 to 515.29 shall be subject to sections 515.01 to 515.29 and to the declaration and bylaws of the association of apartment owners adopted pursuant to the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29. (b) All agreements, decisions and determinations lawfully made by the association of apartment owners in accordance with the voting percentages established in sections 515.01 to 515.29, declaration or bylaws shall be deemed to be binding on all apartment owners. History:   1963 c 457 s 28
MN Stat § 515.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act|Section 515.29 — Severability.

515.29 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of sections 515.01 to 515.29 or any section, sentence, clause, phrase or word, or the application thereof in any circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of sections 515.01 to 515.29 and of the application of any such provision, section, sentence, clause, phrase or word in any other circumstances shall not be affected thereby. History:   1963 c 457 s 29
MN Stat § 515A.1-101 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act|Section 515A.1-101 — Short Title.

515A.1-101 SHORT TITLE. Sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Condominium Act." History:  1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-101
MN Stat § 515A.1-102 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act|Section 515A.1-102 — Applicability.

515A.1-102 APPLICABILITY. (a) Sections 515A.1-105 (Property Taxation), 515A.1-106 (Applicability of Local Ordinances, Regulations, and Building Codes), 515A.1-107 (Eminent Domain), 515A.2-103 (Construction and Validity of Declaration and Bylaws), 515A.2-104 (Description of Units), 515A.3-102 (a) (1) to (5) and (9) to (12) (Powers of Unit Owners' Association), 515A.3-111 (Tort and Contract Liability), 515A.3-112 (Insurance), 515A.3-115 (Lien for Assessments), 515A.3-116 (Association Records), 515A.4-107 (Resales of Units), 515A.4-1075 (Purchaser's Right to Cancel), and 515A.1-103 (Definitions) to the extent necessary in construing any of those sections, apply to all condominiums created in this state prior to August 1, 1980; provided, however, that these sections apply only with respect to events and circumstances occurring after July 31, 1980, and do not invalidate existing provisions of the declaration, bylaws, or floor plans of those condominiums. (b) Sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 apply to all condominiums created within this state after August 1, 1980. The provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29 do not apply to condominiums created after August 1, 1980, and do not invalidate any amendment to the declaration, bylaws, or floor plans of any condominium created before August 1, 1980, or to a condominium plat of any condominium created before August 1, 1986, if the amendment would be permitted by sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117. The amendment must be adopted in conformity with the procedures and requirements specified by those instruments and by sections 515.01 to 515.29. If the amendment grants to any person any rights, powers or privileges permitted by sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117, all correlative obligations, liabilities, and restrictions in sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 also apply to that person. History:  1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-102; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 73; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 72; 1986 c 342 s 4; 1989 c 98 s 1
MN Stat § 515A.1-104 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act|Section 515A.1-104 — Variation By Agreement.

515A.1-104 VARIATION BY AGREEMENT. Except as expressly otherwise provided in sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117, provisions of sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 may not be varied by agreement, and rights conferred by sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 may not be waived. A declarant may not act under a power of attorney, or use any other device, to evade the limitations or prohibitions of sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 or the declaration. History:  1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-104
MN Stat § 515A.1-105 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act|Section 515A.1-105 — Property Taxation.

515A.1-105 PROPERTY TAXATION. Subdivision 1. Homestead. (a) Each unit together with its common element interest constitutes for all purposes a separate parcel of real estate. (b) If a declaration is recorded prior to 30 days before any installment of real estate taxes becomes payable, the local taxing authority shall split the taxes so payable on the condominium among the units. Interest and penalties which would otherwise accrue shall not begin to accrue until at least 30 days after the split is accomplished. (c) A unit used for residential purposes together with not more than two units used for vehicular parking and their common element interests shall be treated the same as any other real estate in determining whether homestead exemptions or classifications shall apply. Subd. 2. Market valuation. For purposes of property taxation, the residential units in a structure or building which are initially constructed as condominiums or are being converted into condominiums shall be valued as provided in section 273.11, subdivision 9. History:  1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-105; 1983 c 342 art 2 s 26; 1991 c 291 art 12 s 28
MN Stat § 515A.1-108 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act|Section 515A.1-108 — Supplemental General Principles Of Law Applicable.

515A.1-108 SUPPLEMENTAL GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW APPLICABLE. The principles of law and equity, including the law of corporations, the law of real property and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, eminent domain, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, receivership, substantial performance, or other validating or invalidating cause supplement the provisions of sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117, except to the extent inconsistent with sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117. Documents required by sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 to be recorded shall in the case of registered land be filed. History:  1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-108
MN Stat § 515A.1-109 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act|Section 515A.1-109 — Construction Against Implicit Repeal.

515A.1-109 CONSTRUCTION AGAINST IMPLICIT REPEAL. Sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 being a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be construed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if that construction can reasonably be avoided. History:  1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-109
MN Stat § 515A.1-110 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act|Section 515A.1-110 — Uniformity Of Application And Construction.

515A.1-110 UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION. Sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 shall be applied and construed so as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 among states enacting it. History:  1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-110