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WA Rev Code § 64.32.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.090 - Contents of declaration.

RCW 64.32.090 Contents of declaration.The declaration shall contain the following:(1) A description of the land on which the building and improvement are or are to be located;(2) A description of the building, stating the number of stories and basements, the number of apartments and the principal materials of which it is or is to be constructed;(3) The apartment number of each apartment, and a statement of its location, approximate area, number of rooms, and immediate common area to which it has access, and any other data necessary for its proper identification;(4) A description of the common areas and facilities;(5) A description of the limited common areas and facilities, if any, stating to which apartments their use is reserved;(6) The value of the property and of each apartment, and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appertaining to each apartment and its owner for all purposes, including voting;(7) A statement of the purposes for which the building and each of the apartments are intended and restricted as to use;(8) The name of a person to receive service of process in the cases provided for in this chapter, together with a residence or place of business of such person which shall be within the county in which the building is located;(9) A provision as to the percentage of votes by the apartment owners which shall be determinative of whether to rebuild, repair, restore, or sell the property in event of damage or destruction of all or part of the property;(10) A provision authorizing and establishing procedures for the subdividing and/or combining of any apartment or apartments, common areas and facilities or limited common areas and facilities, which procedures may provide for the accomplishment thereof through means of a metes and bounds description;(11) A provision requiring the adoption of bylaws for the administration of the property or for other purposes not inconsistent with this chapter, which may include whether administration of the property shall be by a board of directors elected from among the apartment owners, by a manager, or managing agent, or otherwise, and the procedures for the adoption thereof and amendments thereto;(12) Any further details in connection with the property which the person executing the declaration may deem desirable to set forth consistent with this chapter; and(13) The method by which the declaration may be amended, consistent with this chapter: PROVIDED, That not less than sixty percent of the apartment owners shall consent to any amendment except that any amendment altering the value of the property and of each apartment and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall require the unanimous consent of the apartment owners.[ 1963 c 156 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.100 - Copy of survey map, building plans to be filed—Contents of plans.

RCW 64.32.100 Copy of survey map, building plans to be filed—Contents of plans.Simultaneously with the recording of the declaration there shall be filed in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the property is located a survey map of the surface of the land submitted to the provisions of this chapter showing the location or proposed location of the building or buildings thereon.There also shall be filed simultaneously, a set of plans of the building or buildings showing as to each apartment:(1) The vertical and horizontal boundaries, as defined in RCW 64.32.010(1), in sufficient detail to identify and locate such boundaries relative to the survey map of the surface of the land by the use of standard survey methods;(2) The number of the apartment and its dimensions;(3) The approximate square footage of each unit;(4) The number of bathrooms, whole or partial;(5) The number of rooms to be used primarily as bedrooms; (6) The number of built-in fireplaces;(7) A statement of any scenic view which might affect the value of the apartment; and(8) The initial value of the apartment relative to the other apartments in the building.The set of plans shall bear the verified statement of a registered architect, registered professional engineer, or registered land surveyor certifying that the plans accurately depict the location and dimensions of the apartments as built.If such plans do not include such verified statement 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, registered professional engineer, or registered land surveyor, certifying that the plans theretofore filed or being filed simultaneously with such amendment, fully and accurately depict the apartment numbers, dimensions, and locations of the apartments as built.Such plans shall each contain a reference to the date of recording of the declaration and the volume, page and county auditor's receiving number of the recorded declaration. Correspondingly, the record of the declaration or amendment thereof shall contain a reference to the file number of the plans of the building affected thereby.All plans filed shall be in such style, size, form and quality as shall be prescribed by the county auditor of the county where filed, and a copy shall be delivered to the county assessor.[ 1987 c 383 § 2; 1965 ex.s. c 11 § 3; 1963 c 156 § 10.]NOTES:Fees for filing condominium surveys, maps, or plats: RCW 58.24.070.
WA Rev Code § 64.32.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.110 - Ordinances, resolutions, or zoning laws—Construction.

RCW 64.32.110 Ordinances, resolutions, or zoning laws—Construction.Local ordinances, resolutions, or laws relating to zoning shall be construed to treat like structures, lots, or parcels in like manner regardless of whether the ownership thereof is divided by sale of apartments under this chapter rather than by lease of apartments.[ 1963 c 156 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.120 - Contents of deeds or other conveyances of apartments.

RCW 64.32.120 Contents of deeds or other conveyances of apartments.Deeds or other conveyances of apartments shall include the following:(1) A description of the land as provided in RCW 64.32.090, or the post office address of the property, including in either case the date of recording of the declaration and the volume and page or county auditor's recording number of the recorded declaration;(2) The apartment number of the apartment in the declaration and any other data necessary for its proper identification;(3) A statement of the use for which the apartment is intended;(4) The percentage of undivided interest appertaining to the apartment, the common areas and facilities and limited common areas and facilities appertaining thereto, if any;(5) Any further details which the grantor and grantee may deem desirable to set forth consistent with the declaration and with this chapter.[ 1999 c 233 § 9; 1965 ex.s. c 11 § 4; 1963 c 156 § 12.]NOTES:Effective date—1999 c 233: See note following RCW 4.28.320.
WA Rev Code § 64.32.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.130 - Mortgages, liens or encumbrances affecting an apartment at time of first conveyance.

RCW 64.32.130 Mortgages, liens or encumbrances affecting an apartment at time of first conveyance.At the time of the first conveyance of each apartment, every mortgage, lien, or other encumbrance 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.[ 1963 c 156 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.140 - Recording.

RCW 64.32.140 Recording.The declaration, any amendment thereto, any instrument by which the property may be removed from this chapter and every instrument affecting the property or any apartment shall be entitled to be recorded in the office of the auditor of the county in which the property is located. Neither the declaration nor any amendment thereof shall be valid unless duly recorded.[ 1963 c 156 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.150 - Removal of property from provisions of chapter.

RCW 64.32.150 Removal of property from provisions of chapter.(1) All of the apartment owners may remove a property from the provisions of this chapter by an instrument to that effect duly recorded: PROVIDED, That the mortgagees and holders of all liens affecting any of the apartments consent thereto or agree, in either case by instrument duly recorded, that their mortgages and liens be transferred to the percentage of the undivided interest of the apartment owner in the property as hereinafter provided;(2) Upon removal of the property from the provisions of this chapter, 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 the undivided interest previously owned by such owners in the common areas and facilities.(3) Subject to RCW 64.34.010 (1) and (2) and the rights of mortgagees and the holders of all liens affecting any of the apartments, the apartment owners may remove a property from the provisions of this chapter and terminate the condominium in the manner set forth in RCW 64.34.268 (1) through (7) and (10), in which event all of the provisions of RCW 64.34.268 (1) through (7) and (10) shall apply to such removal in lieu of subsections (1) and (2) of this section.[ 2008 c 114 § 2; 1963 c 156 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.160 - Removal of property from provisions of chapter—No bar to subsequent resubmission.

RCW 64.32.160 Removal of property from provisions of chapter—No bar to subsequent resubmission.The removal provided for in RCW 64.32.150 shall in no way bar the subsequent resubmission of the property to the provisions of this chapter.[ 1963 c 156 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.170 - Records and books—Availability for examination—Audits.

RCW 64.32.170 Records and books—Availability for examination—Audits.The manager or board of directors, as the case may be, shall keep complete and accurate books and records 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 books and records and the vouchers authorizing payments shall be available for examination by the apartment owners, their agents or attorneys, at any reasonable time or times. All books and records shall be kept in accordance with good accounting procedures and be audited at least once a year by an auditor outside of the organization.[ 1965 ex.s. c 11 § 5; 1963 c 156 § 17.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.180 - Exemption from liability for contribution for common expenses prohibited.

RCW 64.32.180 Exemption from liability for contribution for common expenses prohibited.No apartment owner may exempt himself or herself from liability for his or her contribution towards the common expenses by waiver of the use or enjoyment of any of the common areas and facilities or by abandonment of his or her apartment.[ 2012 c 117 § 200; 1963 c 156 § 18.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.190 - Separate assessments and taxation.

RCW 64.32.190 Separate assessments and taxation.Each apartment and its undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall be deemed to be a parcel and shall be subject to separate assessments and taxation by each assessing unit for all types of taxes authorized by law including but not limited to special ad valorem levies and special assessments. Neither the building, nor the property, nor any of the common areas and facilities shall be deemed to be a security or a parcel for any purpose.[ 1963 c 156 § 19.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.210 - Conveyance—Liability of grantor and grantee for unpaid common expenses.

RCW 64.32.210 Conveyance—Liability of grantor and grantee for unpaid common expenses.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 his or her share of the common expenses up to the time of the grantor's conveyance, without prejudice to the grantee's right to recover from the grantor the amounts paid by the grantee therefor. 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.[ 2012 c 117 § 202; 1963 c 156 § 21.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.220 - Insurance.

RCW 64.32.220 Insurance.The manager or board of directors, if required by the declaration, bylaws, or by a majority of the apartment owners, or at the request of a mortgagee having a mortgage of record covering an apartment, shall obtain insurance for the property against loss or damage by fire and such other hazards under such terms and for such amounts as shall be required or requested. Such insurance coverage shall be written on the property in the name of the manager or of 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 his or her own apartment and/or the personal contents thereof for his or her benefit.[ 2012 c 117 § 203; 1963 c 156 § 22.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.230 - Destruction or damage to all or part of property—Disposition.

RCW 64.32.230 Destruction or damage to all or part of property—Disposition.If, within ninety days of the date of damage or destruction to all or part of the property it is not determined by the apartment owners to repair, reconstruct, or rebuild in accordance with the original plan, or by a unanimous vote of all apartment owners to do otherwise, then and in that event:(1) The property shall be owned in common by the apartment owners;(2) The undivided interest in the property owned in common which appertains to each apartment owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by such owner in the common areas and facilities;(3) Any mortgages or liens affecting any of the apartments shall be deemed 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 of the property, if any, shall be considered as one fund; such fund shall be divided into separate shares one for each apartment owner in a percentage equal to the percentage of undivided interest owned by each such owner in the property; then, after first paying out of the respective share of each apartment owner, to the extent sufficient for the purpose, all mortgages and liens on the undivided interest in the property owned by such apartment owner, the balance remaining in each share shall then be distributed to each apartment owner respectively.[ 1965 ex.s. c 11 § 7; 1963 c 156 § 23.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.240 - Actions.

RCW 64.32.240 Actions.Without limiting the rights of any apartment owner, actions may be brought as provided by law and by the rules of court 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 interests 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. Actions relating to the common areas and facilities for damages arising out of tortious conduct shall be maintained only against the association of apartment owners and any judgment lien or other charge resulting therefrom shall be deemed a common expense, which judgment lien or other charge shall be removed from any apartment and its percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities upon payment by the respective owner of his or her proportionate share thereof based on the percentage of undivided interest owned by such apartment owner.[ 2012 c 117 § 204; 1963 c 156 § 24.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.250 - Application of chapter, declaration and bylaws.

RCW 64.32.250 Application of chapter, declaration and bylaws.(1) All apartment owners, tenants of such owners, employees of such owners and tenants, and any other person that may in any manner use the property or any part thereof submitted to the provisions of this chapter, shall be subject to this chapter and to the declaration and bylaws of the association of apartment owners adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.(2) All agreements, decisions and determinations made by the association of apartment owners under the provisions of this chapter, the declaration, or the bylaws and in accordance with the voting percentages established in this chapter, the declaration, or the bylaws, shall be deemed to be binding on all apartment owners.[ 1963 c 156 § 25.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.260 - Applicability to common interest communities.

RCW 64.32.260 Applicability to common interest communities.(1) This chapter does not apply to common interest communities as defined in RCW 64.90.010:(a) Created on or after July 1, 2018; or(b) That have amended their governing documents to provide that chapter 64.90 RCW will apply to the common interest community pursuant to RCW 64.90.095.(2) Pursuant to RCW 64.90.080, the following provisions of chapter 64.90 RCW apply, and any inconsistent provisions of this chapter do not apply, to a common interest community created before July 1, 2018:(a) RCW 64.90.095;(b) RCW 64.90.405(1) (b) and (c);(c) RCW 64.90.525; and(d) RCW 64.90.545.[ 2019 c 238 § 217; 2018 c 277 § 503.]NOTES:Effective date—2018 c 277: See RCW 64.90.910.
WA Rev Code § 64.32.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.900 - Short title.

RCW 64.32.900 Short title.This chapter shall be known as the horizontal property regimes act.[ 1963 c 156 § 26.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.910 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.910 - Construction of term "this chapter."

RCW 64.32.910 Construction of term "this chapter."The term "this chapter" means RCW 64.32.010 through 64.32.250 and 64.32.900 through 64.32.920, and as they may hereafter be amended or supplemented by subsequent legislation.[ 1963 c 156 § 27.]
WA Rev Code § 64.32.920 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.32 - Horizontal Property Regimes Act (Condominiums).|64.32.920 - Severability—1963 c 156.

RCW 64.32.920 Severability—1963 c 156.If any provision of this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, or the application of the provisions to other persons or circumstances is not affected.[ 1963 c 156 § 28.]
WA Rev Code § 64.34.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.34 - Condominium Act.|64.34.005 - Findings—Intent—2004 c 201.

RCW 64.34.005 Findings—Intent—2004 c 201.(1) The legislature finds, declares, and determines that:(a) Washington's cities and counties under the growth management act are required to encourage urban growth in urban growth areas at densities that accommodate twenty-year growth projections;(b) The growth management act's planning goals include encouraging the availability of affordable housing for all residents of the state and promoting a variety of housing types;(c) Quality condominium construction needs to be encouraged to achieve growth management act mandated urban densities and to ensure that residents of the state, particularly in urban growth areas, have a broad range of ownership choices.(2) It is the intent of the legislature that limited changes be made to the condominium act to ensure that a broad range of affordable homeownership opportunities continue to be available to the residents of the state, and to assist cities' and counties' efforts to achieve the density mandates of the growth management act.[ 2004 c 201 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 64.34.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.34 - Condominium Act.|64.34.030 - Variation by agreement.

RCW 64.34.030 Variation by agreement.Except as expressly provided in this chapter, provisions of this chapter may not be varied by agreement, and rights conferred by this chapter 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 this chapter or the declaration.[1989 c 43 § 1-104.]