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60 OK Stat § 60-508 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-508. Strict compliance with rules and bylaws by unit owners.

|Each unit owner shall comply strictly with the bylaws and with the administrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, as either of the same may be lawfully amended from time to time, and with the covenants, conditions and restrictions set forth in the declaration or in the deed to his unit. Failure to comply with any of the same shall be grounds for an action to recover sums due, for damages or injunctive relief or both, maintainable by the manager or board of managers on behalf of the council of unit owners or, in a proper case, by an aggrieved unit owner. |Laws 1963, c. 288, § 8.
60 OK Stat § 60-509 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-509. Maintenance and repair of common elements - Additions or improvements.

|The necessary work of maintenance and repair of the common elements and the making of any additions or improvements thereto, shall be carried out only as provided in the bylaws. |Laws 1963, c. 288, § 9.
60 OK Stat § 60-510 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-510. Work jeopardizing soundness or safety of property prohibited without unanimous consent.

|No unit owner shall do any work which would jeopardize the soundness or safety of the property or impair any easement or hereditament without in every such case the unanimous consent of all the other unit owners affected being first obtained. |Laws 1963, c. 288, § 10.
60 OK Stat § 60-511 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-511. Liens against unit estates - Discharge.

|(a) While the property remains subject to this act, no lien shall arise or be effective against the property as a whole, but only against each unit ownership estate and such lien shall attach in the same manner and under the same conditions in every respect as liens or encumbrances may arise or be created upon or against any other separate parcel of real property subject to individual ownership; provided, however, that no labor performed or materials furnished with the consent or at the request of a unit owner or his agent, his contractor, or subcontractor, shall constitute the basis for a mechanic's or materialmen's lien against the unit ownership estate or any other property of any other unit owner who has not expressly consented to or requested the same, except that for the purposes of this act such express consent shall be presumed to have been given by the unit owner in case of emergency repairs thereto. Labor performed or materials furnished for the common elements, if duly authorized by the council of unit owners or its duly authorized agent in accordance with this act, the declaration or bylaws shall be deemed to be performed or furnished with the express consent of each unit owner and shall constitute the basis for a mechanic's or materialmen's lien as now provided by law against each of the unit ownership estates in the property but shall be subject to the provisions of subparagraph (b) hereunder. |(b) When a lien against two or more unit owners is asserted, each unit owner may discharge his unit ownership estate from such lien by payment to the lienor of the fractional or proportional amount which is attributable to his unit ownership estate. Such individual obligation shall be computed by reference to the percentage of interest set forth in the declaration. Upon such payment or satisfaction of the lien claim, the unit ownership estate shall be free and clear of the lien claim but such release of the unit owner shall not prevent the lienor from proceeding to establish and enforce his rights against any other unit owner who has not so discharged his obligation to the lienor.Laws 1963, c. 288, § 11.
60 OK Stat § 60-512 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-512. Expense of administration and repair of common elements - Pro rata share - Exemptions.

|(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section the unit owners are bound to contribute pro rata, in the percentages computed according to Section 505 of this title, toward the expenses of administration and of maintenance and repair of the general commom elements and, in proper cases, of the limited common elements, of the building and toward any other expense lawfully agreed upon. |(b) A declarant, by specific reservation, in the declaration as permitted by paragraph (j) of Section 514 of this title may:1. Exempt unconstructed units within unconstructed buildings owned by declarant from payment of its pro rata share of the expenses described in subsection (a) of this section; and2. Reserve the right to contribute less than its pro rata share of such expenses for unconstructed units within a completed building. Such expenses shall not be less than twenty percent (20%) of such pro rata share. The cost of administration and of maintenance, repair and insurance of any such unconstructed building and any such unconstructed unit shall be borne solely by the declarant until such time as such unconstructed unit and/or building has been completed. Upon such completion of a unit or building, the declarant's obligation for payment of the expenses described in this section shall be governed by subsection (a) of this section.(c) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no unit owner may exempt himself from contributing toward such expense by waiver of the use or enjoyment of the common elements or by abandonment of the unit belonging to him.Amended by Laws 1985, c. 137, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
60 OK Stat § 60-513 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-513. Common profits - Distribution.

|The common profits of the property shall be distributed among the unit owners in the percentages computed according to Section 5 of this Act. |Laws 1963, c. 288, § 13.
60 OK Stat § 60-515 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-515. Deeds conveying estates - Recording - Contents.

|A. Deeds conveying unit ownership estates shall be recorded and shall contain the following particulars: |1. The unit designation, whether contained in the original declaration, or in an amended, restated or supplementary declaration, which shall be identified by date, book and page of recording; and2. Any further details which grantor and grantee may deem desirable.B. Deeds executed in compliance with this section shall be sufficient to identify the interest conveyed or encumbered and shall be entitled to be recorded in the office of the county clerk, in the same manner as other documents relating to real property are recorded.Laws 1963, c. 288, § 15.
60 OK Stat § 60-515.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-515.1. Instruments and liens - Effectiveness.

|Any deed, mortgage or other instrument purporting to convey, mortgage or encumber a unit ownership estate, or an interest in a unit ownership estate, is effective only as to any unit in the unit ownership estate in which the maker of such instrument owns an interest of record at the time such conveyance or encumbrance is received for filing by the county clerk, provided, a purchase money mortgage shall be deemed to create a valid lien upon such of the units described in the mortgage as are also described in the concurrent conveyances to the mortgagor. Such instrument shall not impair or otherwise encumber title to any interest in the unit ownership estate not owned of record by the maker thereof at the time of such conveyance or encumbrance. |Added by Laws 1989, c. 273, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1989.
60 OK Stat § 60-516 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-516. Plans attached to declarations.

|There shall be attached to the declaration, at the time it is filed for record, a full and exact copy of the plans of the building, which copy of plans shall be entered of record along with the declaration. Said plans shall show graphically all particulars of the building, including but not limited to, the dimensions, area and location of each unit therein and the dimensions, area and location of common elements affording access to each unit. Other common elements, both limited and general, shall be shown graphically insofar as possible and shall be described in detail in words and figures. Said plans shall be certified to by an engineer or architect, whichever is appropriate to the project, who is authorized and licensed to practice his profession in this State. |Laws 1963, c. 288, § 16.
60 OK Stat § 60-517 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-517. Removal of property from provisions of act.

|The unit owners, by unanimous action, may remove a property from the provisions of this act by an instrument to that effect, duly recorded, provided that the holders of all liens affecting any of the units consent thereto or agree, in either case by instruments duly recorded, that their liens be transferred to an undivided interest in the property. |Upon removal of the property from the provisions of this act, the property shall be deemed to be owned in common by the unit owners. The undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each unit owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by such owner in the common elements and facilities.Laws 1963, c. 288, § 17.
60 OK Stat § 60-518 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-518. Resubmission of property to provisions of act.

|The removal provided for in the preceding section shall in no way bar the subsequent resubmission of the property to the provisions of this act. |Laws 1963, c. 288, § 18.
60 OK Stat § 60-519 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-519. Administration of property to be governed by bylaws.

|A. The administration of every property shall be governed by bylaws, a true copy of which shall be annexed to the declaration and to the first deed of each unit. The bylaws may be detached from the deed prior to recording if the bylaws are filed of record and described on said deed by reference to book and page, or if the grantee shall certify on the first deed that the bylaws were so annexed and detached prior to recording. |B. Any first deed to a unit prior to the effective date of this act without a copy of the bylaws attached, shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of this section.Laws 1963, c. 288, § 19.
60 OK Stat § 60-520 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-520. Necessary contents of bylaws.

|The bylaws must necessarily provide for at least the following:(a) Form of administration, indicating whether in charge of an administrator or a board of administration, or otherwise, and specifying the powers, manner of removal and, where proper, the compensation therefor. |(b) Method calling or summoning the unit owners to assemble; that a majority of unit owners, as defined in Section 3(n) of this act, is required to adopt decisions; who is to preside over the meeting and who will keep the minute book wherein the resolutions shall be recorded,(c) Care, upkeep and surveillance of the building and its general or limited common elements and services.(d) Manner of collecting from the unit owners for the payment of the common expenses,(e) Designation and dismissal of the personnel necessary for the maintenance, upkeep and repair of the common elements,(f) Such restrictions on and requirements respecting the use and maintenance of the units and the use of the common elements, not set forth in or appended to the declaration, as are designed to prevent unreasonable interference with the use of their respective units and of the common elements by the several unit owners,(g) That seventy-five percent (75%) of the unit owners, computed on the basis set forth in Section 3(n) of this act, may at any time modify or amend the bylaws, but each one of the particulars set forth in this Section shall always be embodied in the bylaws. Such modification or amendment shall not become operative unless set forth in an amended declaration and duly recorded.Laws 1963, c. 288, § 20.
60 OK Stat § 60-521 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-521. Maintenance and examination of books and receipts of expenditures.

|The administrator, or the board of administration, or other form of administration specified in the bylaws, shall keep a book with a detailed account, in chronological order, of the receipts and expenditures affecting the common elements specifying and itemizing the maintenance and repair expenses of the common elements and any other expenses incurred. Both said book and the vouchers accrediting the entries made thereupon shall be available for examination by all the unit owners at convenient hours on working days that shall be set and announced for general knowledge. |Laws 1963, c. 288, § 21.
60 OK Stat § 60-522 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-522. Homestead exemptions applicable.

|The laws relating to homestead exemption from taxes by a political subdivision of this state and the laws relative to homestead exemption from attachment, execution, or other forced sale shall be applicable to a unit ownership estate with the same force and effect as they are now or shall hereafter be applicable to other estate in real property; and the benefit of homestead exemption shall extend to the holder of a unit ownership estate in all those cases where the owner of a single family dwelling would qualify therefor. The title holder in a unit ownership estate shall be entitled, if otherwise qualified, to a homestead exemption from ad valorem tax, if the land upon which the building is located is held in fee simple. |Laws 1963, c. 288, § 22.
60 OK Stat § 60-523 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-523. Assessment of taxes, special assessments and other charges - Liability.

|Each unit, together with its proportionate interest in the common elements, shall constitute a separate and distinct unit for the purpose of assessment of taxes, special assessments, and other charges which may be lawfully assessed against owners of real property, and each holder of a unit ownership estate shall be liable solely for the amount of taxes against his individual estate and shall not be affected by the consequences resulting from the tax delinquency of other unit holders. |Laws 1963, c. 288, § 23.
60 OK Stat § 60-524 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-524. Liens for unpaid share of common expenses - Priorities - Enforcement.

|(a) All sums assessed by the council of unit owners for the share of the common expenses chargeable to any unit which sums remain unpaid shall constitute a lien on such unit prior to all other liens except the following: |1. Assessments, liens, and charges for taxes past due and unpaid on the unit,2. Judgments entered in a court of record prior to the date of common expense assessment,3. Mortgage instruments of encumbrance duly recorded prior to the date of such assessment,4. Mechanic's and materialmen's liens arising from labor performed or materials furnished upon a unit prior to the date of such assessment, and5. Mechanic's and materialmen's liens for labor performed or material furnished upon the common elements to the extent (sic) of the proportionate part chargeable to the unit owners which constitute a part of an assessable charge for common expenses satisfaction of which shall discharge the assessment to the extent of the payment made.(b) The assessment lien may be foreclosed by suit instituted by the council of unit owners or a duly authorized agent thereof in like manner as an action for foreclosure of a mortgage upon real property. In any such foreclosure proceedings, the unit owner shall be required to pay a reasonable rental for the use of his unit, 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 council of unit owners, or their authorized agent, shall have power, unless prohibited by the declaration, to bid in at the foreclosure sale and to acquire and hold, lease, mortgage and convey the unit ownership estate acquired at the foreclosure sale. Suit to recover money judgment for unpaid common expenses shall be maintainable without foreclosing or waiving the lien securing the same.(c) Upon sale or conveyance of a unit encumbered by an assessment lien, such lien shall be paid first, out of the sale proceeds or by the grantee, subject only as aforesaid.(d) Where the holder of a first mortgage of record or other purchaser obtains title to the unit ownership estate as a result of foreclosure of the first mortgage, such acquirer of title shall not be liable for the share of the common expenses or assessments by the council of unit owners chargeable to such unit which became due prior to acquisition of title to such unit by such acquirer. Such unpaid share of common expenses or assessments shall be deemed to be common expenses collectible from all the unit owners, including such acquirer.Laws 1963, c. 288, § 24.
60 OK Stat § 60-525 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-525. Joint and several liability of grantor and grantee for unpaid common expenses.

|The grantee of a unit shall be jointly and severally liable with the grantor for all unpaid assessments against the latter for his proportionate 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 therefor. However, any such grantee shall be entitled to a statement from the manager or Board of managers, 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 unit conveyed be subject to a lien for any unpaid assessments in excess of the amount therein set forth. |Laws 1963, c. 288, § 25.
60 OK Stat § 60-526 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-526. Insurance.

|The unit owners may, upon resolution of a majority, insure the property against risks, without prejudice to the right of each unit owner to insure his unit on his own account and for his own benefit. The premiums for such insurance on the property shall be deemed common expenses except with respect to the units exempted by the declarant pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 512 of this title in which event the insurance premiums on such units shall be paid by the declarant as provided in subsection (b) of Section 512 of this title. The declarant and the council of unit owners may agree by separate contract to insure the unconstructed buildings and/or units under the same master policy of insurance as the council of unit owners may have obtained for the property, as their respective interests may appear, in which event the portion of the premiums charged for insuring said unconstructed buildings and/or unconstructed units shall be borne by the declarant. |Amended by Laws 1985, c. 137, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
60 OK Stat § 60-527 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-527. Damage or destruction of building - Repair or restoration- Deficiency assessments - Distribution of funds.

|Except as hereinafter provided, damage to or destruction of the building shall be promptly repaired and restored by the manager or board of managers, using the proceeds of insurance, if any, on the building for that purpose, and the unit owners shall be liable for assessment for any deficiency except in the case of an unconstructed building which may be insured under a master policy of insurance as described in Section 526 of this title, in which event the declarant shall be liable for any deficiency relating to such unconstructed building. If there is substantially total destruction of the property, or if seventy-five percent (75%) of the unit owners computed on the basis set forth in Section 503 of this title duly resolve not to proceed with repair or restoration, then and in that event the property or so much thereof as shall remain, shall be subject to partition at the suit of any unit owner, in which event the net proceeds of sale, together with the net proceeds of insurance policies, if any, shall be considered as one fund except for the declarant in respect to uncompleted units on which declarant is not making the pro rata contribution described in subsection (a) of Section 512 of this title, said fund shall be divided among all the unit owners in proportion to their respective undivided ownership of the common elements, after first paying off, out of the respective shares of unit owners, to the extent sufficient for that purpose, all liens on the unit of each unit owner. With respect to uncompleted units or uncompleted buildings for which the declarant is not making pro rata contributions pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 512 of this title, the declarant shall not receive its portion of said fund according to its respective undivided ownership in the common elements but shall receive net proceeds of sale according to the formula described in paragraph (j) of Section 514 of this title and such proceeds of insurance, if any, attributable to said uncompleted buildings and/or uncompleted units under a master policy of insurance as permitted in Section 526 of this title. The manager, or board of managers, as the case may be, and their agents and employees shall have an easement to enter units to make repairs to common elements or when the repairs reasonably appear to be necessary for public safety or to prevent damage to property other than the unit. |Amended by Laws 1985, c. 137, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
60 OK Stat § 60-528 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-528. Obsolete property.

|Ninety percent (90%) of the unit owners computed on the basis set forth in Section 503 of this title may agree that the property is obsolete in whole or in part and whether or not the same shall be renewed and restored or the property sold and the proceeds of sale distributed. If such percent of the unit owners agree to renew and restore the property, then the expense thereof shall be payable by all the unit owners as common expenses. If, however, such percent of the unit owners agree that the property be sold, then the property shall be subject to partition at the suit of any unit owner, in which event the net proceeds of sale shall be divided among all the unit owners in proportion to their respective undivided ownership of the common elements, after first paying off out of the respective shares of the unit owners, all liens on the unit of each unit owner except a declarant not making pro rata contributions pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 512 of this title shall receive a reduced share of the proceeds in accordance with the same formula described in paragraph (j) of Section 514 of this title. |Amended by Laws 1985, c. 137, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
60 OK Stat § 60-529 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-529. Actions relating to common elements.

|Actions may be brought on behalf of two or more of the unit owners, as their respective interests may appear, by the manager or board of managers, with respect to any cause of action relating to the common elements or more than one unit. Service of process on two or more unit owners in any action relating to the common elements or more than one unit may be made on the person designated in the declaration to receive service of process. |Laws 1963, c. 288, § 29.
60 OK Stat § 60-530 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 60. Property|§60-530. Persons subject to act.

|(a) All unit 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 provisions of this act, shall be subject to this act and to the declaration and bylaws of the council of unit owners adopted pursuant to the provisions of this act. |Laws 1963, c. 288, § 30.