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MN Stat § 515B.1-101 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.1-101 — Short Title.

515B.1-101 SHORT TITLE. Sections 515B.1-101 through 515B.4-118 may be cited as the "Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act." History:   1993 c 222 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 515B.1-104 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.1-104 — Variation By Agreement.

515B.1-104 VARIATION BY AGREEMENT. The provisions of this chapter may not be varied by agreement, and rights conferred by it may not be waived, except as expressly provided in this chapter. A declarant may not act under a power of attorney, or use any other device, to evade the limitations or prohibitions of this chapter or the declaration. History:   1993 c 222 art 1 s 4
MN Stat § 515B.1-105 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.1-105 — Separate Titles And Taxation.

515B.1-105 SEPARATE TITLES AND TAXATION. (a) In a cooperative: (1) The unit owners' interests in units and their allocated interests are wholly personal property, unless the declaration provides that the interests are wholly real estate. The characterization of these interests as real or personal property shall not affect whether homestead exemptions or classifications apply. (2) The ownership interest in a unit which may be sold, conveyed, voluntarily or involuntarily encumbered, or otherwise transferred by a unit owner, is the right to possession of that unit under a proprietary lease coupled with the allocated interests of that unit, and the association's interest in that unit is not affected by the transaction. (b) In a condominium or planned community: (1) Each unit, and its allocated interest in the common elements, constitutes a separate parcel of real estate. (2) If there is any unit owner other than a declarant, each unit shall be separately taxed and assessed, and no separate tax or assessment may be rendered against any common elements. (c) A unit used for residential purposes together with not more than three units used for vehicular parking, and their common element interests, shall be treated as one parcel of real estate in determining whether homestead exemptions or classifications apply. History:  1993 c 222 art 1 s 5; 1994 c 388 art 4 s 3; 1997 c 84 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 515B.1-108 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.1-108 — This Chapter Prevails; Supplemental Law.

515B.1-108 THIS CHAPTER PREVAILS; SUPPLEMENTAL LAW. The principles of law and equity, including the law of corporations, the law of real property, 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 this chapter, except to the extent inconsistent with this chapter. History:   1993 c 222 art 1 s 8
MN Stat § 515B.1-109 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.1-109 — Construction Against Implicit Repeal.

515B.1-109 CONSTRUCTION AGAINST IMPLICIT REPEAL. This chapter 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:   1993 c 222 art 1 s 9
MN Stat § 515B.1-1105 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.1-1105 — Vacation Of Abutting Publicly Dedicated Property.

515B.1-1105 VACATION OF ABUTTING PUBLICLY DEDICATED PROPERTY. (a) When, by operation or presumption of law, all or any portion of vacated property, such as a street, alley, right-of-way, or other publicly dedicated area, accrues to property subject to a declaration, such portion of the vacated property shall, by operation of law and without any corresponding amendment to the declaration or the CIC plat, become subject to all of the terms and conditions of the declaration. Except as otherwise provided in an amendment to the declaration that is adopted in accordance with section 515B.2-118 and the declaration: (1) if the vacated property accrues to one or more units in a condominium or a planned community, title to the vacated property shall vest in the owner or owners of the unit or the units, but the interests allocated to the units pursuant to section 515B.2-108 and the declaration shall not change as a result thereof; (2) if the vacated property accrues to common elements in a condominium, title to the vacated property shall vest in the unit owners in accordance with their allocated interests and the vacated property shall be treated as a part of the common elements; and (3) if the vacated property accrues to common elements in a cooperative or planned community, title to the vacated property shall vest in the association and the vacated property shall be treated as a part of the common elements. (b) At any time after the vacation the association may, but is not obligated to, amend the declaration or CIC plat to confirm the inclusion of the vacated property in the common interest community in accordance with section 515B.2-118 and the declaration. History:   2010 c 267 art 1 s 4
MN Stat § 515B.1-112 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.1-112 — Unconscionable Agreement Or Term Of Contract.

515B.1-112 UNCONSCIONABLE AGREEMENT OR TERM OF CONTRACT. (a) The court, upon finding as a matter of law that a contract or contract clause was unconscionable at the time the contract was made, may refuse to enforce the contract, enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause, or limit the application of any unconscionable clause in order to avoid an unconscionable result. For purposes of this section, a contract includes a declaration, master declaration, the articles of incorporation and bylaws of an association or master association, and a proprietary lease. (b) Whenever it is claimed, or appears to the court, that a contract or any contract clause is or may be unconscionable, the parties, in order to aid the court in making the determination, shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to: (1) the commercial setting of the negotiations; (2) whether a party has knowingly taken advantage of the inability of the other party reasonably to protect the other party's interests by reason of physical or mental infirmity, illiteracy, inability to understand the language of the agreement, or similar factors; (3) the effect and purpose of the contract or clause; and (4) if a sale, any gross disparity, at the time of contracting, between the amount charged for the property and the value of that property measured by the price at which similar property was readily obtainable in similar transaction, provided, that this factor shall not, of itself, render the contract unconscionable. History:  1993 c 222 art 1 s 12; 2010 c 267 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 515B.1-113 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.1-113 — Obligation Of Good Faith.

515B.1-113 OBLIGATION OF GOOD FAITH. Every contract or duty governed by this chapter imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement. History:   1993 c 222 art 1 s 13
MN Stat § 515B.1-114 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.1-114 — Remedies To Be Liberally Administered.

515B.1-114 REMEDIES TO BE LIBERALLY ADMINISTERED. (a) The remedies provided by this chapter shall be liberally administered to the end that the aggrieved party is put in as good a position as if the other party had fully performed. However, consequential, special, or punitive damages may not be awarded except as specifically provided in this chapter or by other rule of law. (b) Any right or obligation declared by this chapter is enforceable by judicial proceeding, unless the provision declaring it provides otherwise. History:   1993 c 222 art 1 s 14
MN Stat § 515B.1-115 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.1-115 — Notice.

515B.1-115 NOTICE. Except as otherwise stated in this chapter all notices required by this chapter shall be in writing and shall be effective (i) upon hand delivery, (ii) upon mailing if properly addressed with postage prepaid and deposited in the United States mail, or (iii) when given in compliance with section 515B.3-110(c), with respect to matters covered by that section. History:  1993 c 222 art 1 s 15; 2010 c 267 art 1 s 6
MN Stat § 515B.2-102 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.2-102 — Unit Boundaries.

515B.2-102 UNIT BOUNDARIES. (a) The declaration shall describe the boundaries of the units as provided in section 515B.2-105(5). The boundaries need not be delineated by a physical structure. The unit may consist of noncontiguous portions of the common interest community. (b) In a condominium, a cooperative, or a planned community utilizing a CIC plat complying with section 515B.2-110(c): (1) except as the declaration otherwise provides, if the walls, floors, or ceilings of a unit are designated as its boundaries, then the boundaries shall be the interior, unfinished surfaces of the perimeter walls, floors, ceilings, doors, windows, and door and window frames of the unit, all paneling, tiles, wallpaper, paint, floor covering, and any other finishing materials applied to the interior surfaces of the perimeter walls, floors or ceilings, are a part of the unit, and all other portions of the perimeter walls, floors, ceilings, doors, windows, and door and window frames, are a part of the common elements; and (2) except in common interest communities created before August 1, 2010, and except in common interest communities in which all units are restricted to nonresidential use, if unit area or volume is used to allocate interests, the description of the unit boundaries for similar types of units, such as residential units, garage units, or storage units, shall be the same. (c) In a planned community utilizing a CIC plat complying with section 515B.2-110(d)(1) and (2), except as the declaration otherwise provides, the unit boundaries shall be the lot lines designated on a plat recorded pursuant to chapter 505 or the tract boundaries designated on a registered land survey recorded pursuant to chapter 508 or 508A. (d) Except as provided in section 515B.2-109(c), all spaces, fixtures, and improvements located wholly within the boundaries of a unit are a part of the unit. History:  1993 c 222 art 2 s 2; 2005 c 121 s 7; 2010 c 267 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 515B.2-103 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.2-103 — Construction And Validity Of Declaration And Bylaws.

515B.2-103 CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDITY OF DECLARATION AND BYLAWS. (a) All provisions of the declaration and bylaws are severable. (b) The rule against perpetuities may not be applied to defeat any provision of the declaration or this chapter, or any instrument executed pursuant to the declaration or this chapter. (c) In the event of a conflict between the provisions of the declaration and the bylaws, the declaration prevails except to the extent that the declaration is inconsistent with this chapter. (d) The declaration and bylaws must comply with section 500.215. History:  1993 c 222 art 2 s 3; 2005 c 168 s 3
MN Stat § 515B.2-104 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.2-104 — Description Of Units.

515B.2-104 DESCRIPTION OF UNITS. (a) A description of a unit is legally sufficient if it sets forth (i) the unit identifier of the unit, (ii) the number assigned to the common interest community by the recording officer, and (iii) the county in which the unit is located. (b) If the CIC plat for a planned community complies with chapter 505, 508, or 508A, then a description of a unit in the planned community is legally sufficient if it is stated in terms of a plat or registered land survey. In planned communities whose CIC plats comply with section 515B.2-110(c), and in all condominiums and cooperatives created under this chapter, a unit identifier shall contain no more than six characters, only one of which may be a letter. (c) A description which complies with this section shall be deemed to include all rights, obligations, and interests appurtenant to the unit which were created by the declaration or bylaws, by a master declaration, or by this chapter, whether or not those rights, obligations, or interests are expressly described. (d) If the CIC plat for a planned community complies with section 515B.2-110(c) a description of the common elements is legally sufficient if it sets forth (i) the words "common elements," (ii) the number assigned to the common interest community by the recording officer, and (iii) the county in which the common elements are located. The common elements may consist of separate parcels of real estate, in which case each parcel shall be separately identified on the CIC plat and in any recorded instrument referencing a separate parcel of the common elements. History:  1993 c 222 art 2 s 4; 1994 c 388 art 4 s 5; 1995 c 92 s 7; 1999 c 11 art 2 s 5; 2005 c 121 s 8
MN Stat § 515B.2-106 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.2-106 — Declaration Of Flexible Common Interest Communities.

515B.2-106 DECLARATION OF FLEXIBLE COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES. (a) The declaration for a flexible common interest community shall include, in addition to the matters specified in section 515B.2-105: (1) a reservation of any rights to add additional real estate; (2) a statement of any time limit, not exceeding ten years after the recording of the declaration, upon which any right reserved under paragraph (1) will lapse, together with a statement of any circumstances that will terminate the option before the expiration of the time limit. If no time limit is set forth in the declaration, the time limit shall be ten years after the recording of the declaration; provided, that the time limit may be extended by an amendment to the declaration approved in writing by the declarant, and by the vote or written agreement of unit owners, other than the declarant or an affiliate of the declarant, to whose units are allocated at least 67 percent of the votes in the association; (3) a statement of any limitations on any rights reserved under paragraph (1), other than limitations created by or imposed pursuant to law; (4) a legally sufficient description of the additional real estate; (5) a statement as to whether portions of any additional real estate may be added at different times; (6) a statement, based upon the declarant's good faith estimate, of (i) the total number of units that may be created within any additional real estate, and (ii) how many of those units will be restricted to residential use; (7) a statement that any buildings and units erected upon the additional real estate, when and if added, will be compatible with the other buildings and units in the common interest community in terms of architectural style, quality of construction, principal materials employed in construction, and size, or a statement of any differences with respect to the buildings or units, or a statement that no assurances are made in those regards; (8) a statement that all restrictions in the declaration affecting use, occupancy, and alienation of units will apply to units created in the additional real estate, when and if added, or a statement of any differences with respect to the additional units; (9) a statement as to whether any assurances made in the declaration regarding additional real estate pursuant to paragraphs (5) through (8) will apply if the real estate is not added to the common interest community. (b) A declarant need not have an interest in the additional real estate in order to identify it as such in the declaration, and the recording officer shall index the declaration as provided in section 515B.1-116(a). Identification of additional real estate in the declaration does not encumber or otherwise affect the title to the additional real estate. History:  1993 c 222 art 2 s 6; 2005 c 121 s 10; 2010 c 267 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 515B.2-107 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.2-107 — Declaration Of Leasehold Common Interest Communities.

515B.2-107 DECLARATION OF LEASEHOLD COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITIES. (a) Any lease the expiration or termination of which may terminate the common interest community or reduce its size, or a memorandum thereof, shall be recorded. The declaration of a leasehold common interest community shall include: (1) the recording data for the lease, or the memorandum of lease, and a statement of where the complete lease may be inspected if only a memorandum is recorded; (2) the date on which the lease expires; (3) a legally sufficient description of the real estate subject to the lease; (4) any right of the unit owners to purchase the lessor's interest in the lease and the procedure for exercise of those rights, or a statement that they do not have those rights; (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 (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. (b) After the declaration of a leasehold condominium or leasehold planned community is recorded, neither the lessor who has joined in the declaration nor any 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 which, if violated, would entitle the lessor to terminate the lease. A unit owner's leasehold interest in a condominium or planned community is not affected by failure of any other person to pay rent or fulfill any other covenant. (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 interest unless the leasehold interest of all unit owners subject to that reversion or remainder are acquired. (d) If the expiration or termination of a lease decreases the number of units in a common interest community, the allocated interests shall be reallocated in accordance with section 515B.1-107 as if those units had been taken by eminent domain. Reallocations must be confirmed by an amendment to the declaration prepared, executed, and recorded by the association. History:   1993 c 222 art 2 s 7
MN Stat § 515B.2-114 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.2-114 — Relocation Of Boundaries Between Adjoining Units.

515B.2-114 RELOCATION OF BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ADJOINING UNITS. (a) Subject to the provisions of the declaration and applicable law, the boundaries between adjoining units may be relocated by an amendment to the declaration upon the submission of an application to the association by the owners of those units and approval by the association. The application shall contain, at a minimum, a general description of the proposed relocation, and shall specify in detail the matters required by subsection (b)(2) and (3). (b) The association shall establish fair and reasonable procedures and time frames for the submission and prompt processing of the applications. The basis for disapproval shall be limited to structural or safety considerations, or a failure to comply with the declaration, this chapter, or governmental laws, ordinances or regulations. If the application is approved, the unit owners making the application shall cause an amendment and amended CIC plat to be prepared based upon the approved application, and submit them to the association for approval. The amendment shall: (1) be executed by the association and the unit owners making the application, and consented to by any secured party with respect to the units; (2) identify the units involved; (3) reallocate the common element interest, votes in the association and common expense liability formerly allocated to the units among the newly defined units on the basis described in the declaration; (4) contain words of conveyance between them; (5) contain such other provisions as may be reasonably required by the association; and (6) conform to the requirements of the declaration and this chapter. (c) The interest and remedies of a secured party which joins in the amendment pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be modified as provided in the amendment. (d) The association may require the unit owners making the application to build a boundary wall and other common elements between the units, and to pay all fees and costs for reviewing, preparing and recording the amendment and the amended CIC plat, and any other fees or costs incurred by the association in connection therewith. (e) The applicant shall deliver a copy of the recorded amendment and amended CIC plat to the association. History:  1993 c 222 art 2 s 14; 2010 c 267 art 2 s 11
MN Stat § 515B.2-115 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.2-115 — Minor Variations In Boundaries.

515B.2-115 MINOR VARIATIONS IN BOUNDARIES. The existing physical boundaries of a unit, or of a unit reconstructed in substantial accordance with the description contained in the original declaration, are its legal boundaries, regardless of vertical or lateral movement of the building or minor variances due to shifting or settling. This section does not relieve a declarant or any other person of liability for failure to adhere to the CIC plat or for any representation in a disclosure statement. History:   1993 c 222 art 2 s 15
MN Stat § 515B.2-116 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 515B — Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act|Section 515B.2-116 — Use For Sales Purposes.

515B.2-116 USE FOR SALES PURPOSES. A declarant may maintain sales offices, management offices, and models in units or on common elements in the common interest community only if the declaration so provides and specifies the rights of a declarant with regard to the number and location thereof. If the declaration so provides, a declarant may maintain signs on the common elements and in model units advertising the common interest community. Rights granted pursuant to this section are subject to the provisions of other state laws and to local ordinances. History:   1993 c 222 art 2 s 16