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UT Code § 57-8-7.2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 7.2 - Scope -- Designation of certain areas.

57-8-7.2. Scope -- Designation of certain areas.    (1) Unless otherwise provided in the declaration, this section applies to a unit if the declaration designates a wall, floor, or ceiling as a boundary of the unit.     (2)   (a) The following are part of a unit:   (i) lath;     (ii) furring;     (iii) wallboard;     (iv) plasterboard;     (v) plaster;     (vi) paneling;     (vii) tiles;     (viii) wallpaper;     (ix) paint;     (x) finished flooring; and     (xi) any other material constituting part of the finished surface of a wall, floor, or ceiling.       (b) Any portion of a wall, floor, or ceiling not listed in Subsection (2)(a) is part of the common areas and facilities.       (3) If a chute, flue, duct, wire, conduit, bearing wall, bearing column, or any other fixture lies partially within and partially outside the designated boundaries of a unit:   (a) any portion of an item described in this Subsection (3) serving only that unit is part of the limited common areas and facilities; and     (b) any portion of an item described in this Subsection (3) is part of the common areas and facilities if the item serves:   (i) more than one unit; or     (ii) any portion of the common areas and facilities.         (4) Subject to Subsection (3), the following within the boundaries of a unit are part of the unit:   (a) spaces;     (b) interior partitions; and     (c) other fixtures and improvements.       (5) The following, if designated to serve a single unit but located outside the unit's boundaries, are limited common areas and facilities allocated exclusively to a unit:   (a) a shutter;     (b) an awning;     (c) a window box;     (d) a doorstep;     (e) a stoop;     (f) a porch;     (g) a balcony;     (h) a patio;     (i) an exterior door;     (j) an exterior window; and     (k) any other fixture.      Enacted by Chapter 290, 2004 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 8 - Compliance with covenants, bylaws and/or house rules and administrative provisions.

57-8-8. Compliance with covenants, bylaws and/or house rules and administrative provisions.  Subject to reasonable compliance therewith by the manager and the management committee, each unit owner shall reasonably comply with the covenants, conditions, and restrictions as set forth in the declaration or in the deed to his unit, and with the bylaws and/or house rules and with the administrative rules and regulations drafted pursuant thereto, as either of the same may be lawfully amended from time to time, and failure to comply shall be ground for an action to recover sums due for damages or injunctive relief or both, maintainable by the manager or management committee on behalf of the unit owners, or in a proper case, by an aggrieved unit owner.  Amended by Chapter 132, 2000 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-9 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 9 - Certain work prohibited.

57-8-9. Certain work prohibited.  No unit owner shall do any work or make any alterations or changes which would jeopardize the soundness or safety of the property, reduce its value or impair any easement or hereditament, without in every such case the unanimous written consent of all the other unit owners being first obtained.  Enacted by Chapter 111, 1963 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-10.3 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 10.3 - Indemnification and limit of liability.

 Effective 7/1/2014  57-8-10.3. Indemnification and limit of liability.  Notwithstanding any conflict with the declaration or recorded bylaws, the organizational documents of an association of unit owners may indemnify and limit management committee member and officer liability to the extent permitted by the law under which the association of unit owners is organized.  Enacted by Chapter 152, 2013 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-10.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 10.5 - Amending the declaration to make provisions of this chapter applicable.

 Effective 7/1/2014  57-8-10.5. Amending the declaration to make provisions of this chapter applicable.    (1) An association of unit owners may amend the declaration to make applicable to the association of unit owners a provision of this chapter that is enacted after the creation of the association of unit owners, by complying with:   (a) the amendment procedures and requirements specified in the declaration and applicable provisions of this chapter; or     (b) the amendment procedures and requirements of this chapter, if the declaration being amended does not contain amendment procedures and requirements.       (2) If an amendment under Subsection (1) adopts a specific section of this chapter:   (a) the amendment grants a right, power, or privilege permitted by that specific section; and     (b) all correlative obligations, liabilities, and restrictions in that section also apply.      Enacted by Chapter 152, 2013 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-10.7 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 10.7 - Board action to enforce governing documents -- Parameters.

 Effective 5/8/2018  57-8-10.7. Board action to enforce governing documents -- Parameters.    (1)   (a) The management committee shall use the management committee's reasonable judgment to determine whether to exercise the association of unit owners' powers to impose sanctions or pursue legal action for a violation of the governing documents, including:   (i) whether to compromise a claim made by or against the management committee or the association of unit owners; and     (ii) whether to pursue a claim for an unpaid assessment.       (b) The association of unit owners may not be required to take enforcement action if the management committee determines, after fair review and acting in good faith and without conflict of interest, that under the particular circumstances:   (i) the association of unit owners' legal position does not justify taking any or further enforcement action;     (ii) the covenant, restriction, or rule in the governing documents is likely to be construed as inconsistent with current law;     (iii)   (A) a technical violation has or may have occurred; and     (B) the violation is not material as to a reasonable person or does not justify expending the association of unit owners' resources; or       (iv) it is not in the association of unit owners' best interests to pursue an enforcement action, based upon hardship, expense, or other reasonable criteria.         (2) Subject to Subsection (3), if the management committee decides under Subsection (1)(b) to forego enforcement, the association of unit owners is not prevented from later taking enforcement action.     (3) The management committee may not be arbitrary, capricious, or act against public policy in taking or not taking enforcement action.     (4) This section does not govern whether the association of unit owners' action in enforcing a provision of the governing documents constitutes a waiver or modification of that provision.    Enacted by Chapter 395, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-11 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 11 - Contents of deeds of units.

57-8-11. Contents of deeds of units.  A deed of units may include:  (1) a description of the land as provided in Section 57-8-10, including the book and page or entry number and date of recording of the declaration;     (2) the unit number of the unit and any other data necessary for its proper identification;     (3) percentage of undivided interest appertaining to the unit in the common or community areas and facilities; and     (4) any further particulars that the grantor and grantee consider desirable to set forth consistent with the declaration and this chapter.    Amended by Chapter 268, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-12 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 12 - Recording.

57-8-12. Recording.    (1) The declaration, any amendment, any instrument by which the provisions of this act may be waived, and every instrument affecting the property or any unit shall be entitled to be recorded. Neither the declaration nor any amendment thereof shall be valid unless recorded.     (2) In addition to the records and indexes now required to be maintained by the recorder, the recorder shall maintain an index whereby the record of each condominium project contains a reference to the declaration, each conveyance of, lien against, and all other instruments referring to a unit affected by such declaration, and the record of each conveyance of, lien against, and all other instruments referring to a unit shall contain a reference to the declaration of the property of which the unit is a part.    Enacted by Chapter 111, 1963 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-13.2 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 13.2 - Conversion of convertible land -- Amendment to declaration -- Limitations.

57-8-13.2. Conversion of convertible land -- Amendment to declaration -- Limitations.    (1) The declarant may convert all or any portion of any convertible land into one or more units or limited common areas and facilities subject to any restrictions and limitations which the declaration may specify. Any such conversion shall be deemed to have occurred at the time of the recordation of the appropriate instruments under Subsection (2) of this section and Subsection 57-8-13(2).     (2) Simultaneously with the recording of the condominium plat pursuant to Subsection 57-8-13(2), the declarant shall prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration describing the conversion. The amendment shall assign an identifying number to each unit formed out of a convertible land and shall reallocate undivided interests in the common areas and facilities in accordance with Subsection 57-8-13.10(2). The amendment shall describe or delineate the limited common areas and facilities formed out of the convertible land, showing or designating the unit or units to which each is assigned.     (3) All convertible lands shall be deemed part of the common areas and facilities except for such portions of them as are converted in accordance with this section. No such conversions shall occur after five years from the recordation of the declaration, or such shorter period of time as the declaration may specify, unless three-fourths of unit owners vote in favor of converting the land after the time period has expired.    Amended by Chapter 265, 2003 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-13.4 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 13.4 - Conversion of convertible space -- Amendment to declaration -- Limitations.

57-8-13.4. Conversion of convertible space -- Amendment to declaration -- Limitations.    (1) The declarant may convert any portion of any convertible space into one or more units or common areas and facilities, including, without limitation, limited common areas and facilities, subject to any restrictions and limitations which the declaration may specify. Any such conversion shall be deemed to have occurred at the time of the recordation of the appropriate instruments under Subsection (2) of this section and Subsection 57-8-13(3).     (2) Simultaneously with the recording of the supplemental record survey map under Subsection 57-8-13(3), the declarant shall prepare, execute, and record an amendment to the declaration describing the conversion. The amendment shall assign an identifying number to each unit formed out of a convertible space and shall allocate to each unit a portion of the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appertaining to that space. The amendment shall describe or delineate the limited common areas and facilities formed out of the convertible space, showing or designating the unit or units to which each is assigned.     (3) Any convertible space not converted in accordance with this section, or any portion of it not so converted, shall be treated for all purposes as a single unit until and unless it is so converted; and this act shall be deemed applicable to any such space, or portion of it, as though the same were a unit.    Enacted by Chapter 173, 1975 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-13.6 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 13.6 - Expansion of project.

57-8-13.6. Expansion of project.  A condominium project may be expanded under the provisions of the declaration and of this act. Any such expansion shall be deemed to have occurred at the time of the recordation of the condominium plat under Subsection 57-8-13(2), together with an amendment to the declaration, duly executed and acknowledged by the declarant, including, without limitation, all of the owners and lessees of the additional land added to the condominium project. The amendment shall contain a legal description by metes and bounds of the land added to the condominium project and shall reallocate undivided interests in the common areas and facilities in accordance with Subsection 57-8-13.10(2).  Amended by Chapter 265, 2003 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-13.8 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 13.8 - Contraction of project.

 Effective 5/13/2014  57-8-13.8. Contraction of project.  A condominium project may be contracted under the provisions of the declaration and the provisions of this chapter. Any such contraction shall be considered to have occurred at the time of the recordation of an amendment to the declaration, executed by the declarant, containing a legal description by metes and bounds of the land withdrawn from the condominium project. If portions of the withdrawable land were described pursuant to Subsection 57-8-10(5)(a)(iv), then no described portion may be so withdrawn after the conveyance of any unit on the portion. If no withdrawable portions were described, then none of the withdrawable land may be withdrawn after the first conveyance of any unit on the portion. Amended by Chapter 397, 2014 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-13.12 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 13.12 - Land to be withdrawn or added to project -- Applicability of restrictions.

57-8-13.12. Land to be withdrawn or added to project -- Applicability of restrictions.  No covenants, restrictions, limitations, or other representations or commitments in the declaration concerning anything that is or is not to be done on the additional land, the withdrawable land, or any portion of either, shall be binding as to any portion of either lawfully withdrawn from the condominium project or never added to it except to the extent that the declaration so provides. In the case of any covenant, restriction, limitation, or other representation or commitment in the declaration or in any other agreement requiring the declarant to add any portion of the additional land or to withdraw any portion of the withdrawable land, or imposing any obligations concerning anything that is or is not to be done on it or concerning it, or imposing any obligations about anything that is or is not to be done on or in respect to the condominium project or any portion of it, this section shall not be construed to nullify, limit, or otherwise affect any such obligation.  Enacted by Chapter 173, 1975 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-13.14 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 13.14 - Easement rights -- Sales offices and model units -- Damage to property.

57-8-13.14. Easement rights -- Sales offices and model units -- Damage to property.    (1) Subject to any restrictions and limitations the declaration may specify, the declarant shall have a transferable easement over and on the common areas and facilities for the purpose of making improvements on the land within the project or on any additional land under the declaration and this act, and for the purpose of doing all things reasonably necessary and proper in connection with the same.     (2) The declarant and his duly authorized agents, representatives, and employees may maintain sales offices or model units on the land within the project if the declaration provides for the same and specifies the rights of the declarant about the number, size, location, and relocation of them. Any sales office or model unit which is not designated a unit by the declaration shall become a common area and facility as soon as the declarant ceases to be a unit owner, and the declarant shall cease to have any rights concerning it unless the sales office or model unit is removed immediately from the land included within the project in accordance with a right reserved in the declaration to make this removal.     (3) To the extent that damage is inflicted on any part of the condominium project by any person or persons utilizing the easements reserved by the declaration or created by Subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the declarant, together with the person or persons causing the same, shall be jointly and severally liable for the prompt repair of the damage and for the restoration of the same to a condition compatible with the remainder of the condominium project.    Enacted by Chapter 173, 1975 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-14 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 14 - Legal description of units.

57-8-14. Legal description of units.    (1) A deed, lease, mortgage, or other instrument may legally describe a unit by its identifying number or symbol as designated in the declaration or as shown on the condominium plat.     (2) Each description under Subsection (1) shall be considered:   (a) to be good and sufficient for all purposes; and     (b) to convey, transfer, encumber or otherwise affect the unit owner's corresponding percentage of ownership in the common or community areas and facilities even though the percentage of ownership is not expressly mentioned or described.      Amended by Chapter 268, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-15 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 15 - Bylaws.

57-8-15. Bylaws.  The administration of every property shall be governed by bylaws, which may either be embodied in the declaration or in a separate instrument, a true copy of which shall be appended to and recorded with the declaration. No modification or amendment of the declaration or bylaws shall be valid unless the same is set forth in an amendment and such amendment is recorded.  Enacted by Chapter 111, 1963 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-16 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 16 - Contents of bylaws.

57-8-16. Contents of bylaws.  The bylaws may provide for the following:  (1) the establishment of a management committee, the number of persons constituting the committee and the method of selecting the members of the committee; the powers and duties of the management committee; and whether or not the management committee may engage the services of a manager;     (2) the method of calling meetings of the unit owners; what percentage of the unit owners shall constitute a quorum, and be authorized to transact business;     (3) the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common areas and facilities and payment therefor;     (4) the manner of collecting from the unit owners their share of the common expenses;     (5) the designation and removal of personnel necessary for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common areas and facilities;     (6) the method of adopting and of amending administrative rules and regulations governing the details of the operation and use of the common areas and facilities;     (7)   (a) restrictions on and requirements respecting the use and maintenance of the units and the use of the common areas and facilities as are designed to prevent unreasonable interference with the use of their respective units and of the common areas and facilities by the several unit owners; and     (b) restrictions regarding the use of the units may include other prohibitions on, or allowance of, smoking tobacco products;       (8) the percentage of votes required to amend the bylaws; and     (9) other provisions as may be considered necessary for the administration of the property consistent with this act.    Amended by Chapter 230, 1997 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-18 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 18 - Blanket mortgages and other blanket liens affecting unit at time of first conveyance.

57-8-18. Blanket mortgages and other blanket liens affecting unit at time of first conveyance.  At the time of the first conveyance of each unit, every mortgage and other lien affecting such unit, including the percentage of undivided interest of the unit in the common areas and facilities, shall have been paid and satisfied of record, or the unit being conveyed and its percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall have been released therefrom by partial release duly recorded. The provisions of this section shall not apply, however, to any withdrawable land in a contractible condominium.  Amended by Chapter 173, 1975 General Session
UT Code § 57-8-19 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 57 - Real Estate|Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act|Section 19 - Liens against units -- Removal from lien -- Effect of part payment.

57-8-19. Liens against units -- Removal from lien -- Effect of part payment.    (1) Subsequent to recording the declaration as provided in this act, and while the property remains subject to this act, no lien shall thereafter arise or be effective against the property. During such period liens or encumbrances shall arise or be created only against each unit and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to such unit 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 that no labor performed or materials furnished with the consent or at the request of a unit owner or his agent or his contractor or subcontractor shall be the basis for the filing of a lien pursuant to the lien law against the unit of any other unit owner not expressly consenting to or requesting the same, except that such express consent shall be deemed to be given by the owner of any unit in the case of emergency repairs. Labor performed or materials furnished for the common areas and facilities, if authorized by the unit owners, the manager or management committee in accordance with this act, the declaration or bylaws or the house rules, shall be deemed to be performed or furnished with the express consent of each unit owner and shall be the basis for the filing of a lien pursuant to the lien law against each of the units.     (2) In the event a lien against two or more units becomes effective, the unit owners of the separate units may remove their units and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to such units from the lien by payment of the fractional or proportional amount attributable to each of the units affected. Such individual payment shall be computed by reference to the percentages appearing in the declaration. Subsequent to any payment, discharge or other satisfaction, the unit and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant thereto shall be free and clear of the lien so paid, satisfied or discharged. Partial payment, satisfaction or discharge shall not prevent the lienor from proceeding to enforce his rights against any unit and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant thereto not so paid, satisfied or discharged.    Enacted by Chapter 111, 1963 General Session