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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.06 — Common Areas And Facilities.

515.06 COMMON AREAS AND FACILITIES.
(a) Each apartment owner shall be entitled to an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities in the percentage expressed in the declaration. Such percentage shall be computed by taking as a basis the value of the apartment in relation to the value of the property.
(b) The percentage of the undivided interest of each apartment owner in the common areas and facilities as expressed in the declaration shall have a permanent character and shall not be altered without the consent of all of the apartment owners expressed in an amended declaration duly recorded. The percentage of the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall not be separated from the apartment to which it appertains and shall be deemed to be conveyed or encumbered with the apartment even though such interest is not expressly mentioned or described in the conveyance or other instrument.
(c) The common areas and facilities shall remain undivided and no apartment owner or any other person shall bring any action for partition or division of any part thereof, unless the property has been removed from the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29 as provided in sections 515.16 and 515.26. Any covenant to the contrary shall be null and void.
(d) Each apartment owner may use the common areas and facilities in accordance with the purpose for which they were intended without hindering or encroaching upon the lawful rights of the other apartment owners.
(e) The necessary work of maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common areas and facilities and the making of any additions or improvements thereto shall be carried out only as provided herein and in the bylaws.
(f) The association of apartment owners shall have the irrevocable right, to be exercised by the manager or board of directors, to have access to each apartment from time to time during reasonable hours as may be necessary for the maintenance, repair, or replacement of any of the common areas and facilities therein or accessible therefrom, or for making emergency repairs therein necessary to prevent damage to the common areas and facilities or to another apartment or apartments.
History:
1963 c 457 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.07 — Compliance With Covenants, Bylaws, And Rules.

515.07 COMPLIANCE WITH COVENANTS, BYLAWS, AND RULES.
Each apartment owner shall comply strictly with the bylaws and with the administrative rules 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 owner's deed to the apartment. Failure to comply with any of the same shall be ground for an action to recover sums due, for damages or injunctive relief or both maintainable by the manager or board of directors on behalf of the association of apartment owners or, in a proper case, by an aggrieved apartment owner. This chapter is subject to section 500.215.
History:
1963 c 457 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 168 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.08 — Certain Work Prohibited.

515.08 CERTAIN WORK PROHIBITED.
No apartment owner shall do any work which would jeopardize the soundness or safety of the property, reduce the value thereof or impair any easement or hereditament without in every such case the unanimous consent of all the other apartment owners being first obtained.
History:
1963 c 457 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.09 — Liens Against Apartments; Removal; Part Payment.

515.09 LIENS AGAINST APARTMENTS; REMOVAL; PART PAYMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Authorized work on common areas.
Subsequent to recording the first conveyance of the first apartment which is conveyed, and while the property remains subject to sections 515.01 to 515.29, 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 apartment and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities, appurtenant to such apartment, 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 an apartment owner or an owner's agent, contractor or subcontractor shall be the basis for the filing of a lien pursuant to the lien law against the apartment or any other property of any other apartment 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 apartment in the case of emergency repairs thereto. Labor performed or materials furnished for the common areas and facilities, if duly authorized by the association of apartment owners, the manager or board of directors in accordance with sections 515.01 to 515.29, the declaration or bylaws, shall be deemed to be performed or furnished with the express consent of each apartment owner and shall be the basis for the filing of a lien pursuant to the lien law against each of the apartments and shall be subject to the provisions of subdivision 2 hereunder.
Subd. 2.
Removal by part payment.
In the event a lien against two or more apartments becomes effective, the apartment owners of the separate apartments may remove their apartment and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to such apartment from the lien by payment of the fractional or proportional amounts attributable to each of the apartments affected. Such individual payment shall be computed by reference to the percentages appearing on the declaration. Subsequent to any such payment, discharge or other satisfaction the apartment and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant thereto shall thereafter be free and clear of the lien so paid, satisfied or discharged. Such partial payment, satisfaction or discharge shall not prevent the lienor from proceeding to enforce rights against any apartment and the percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant thereto not so paid, satisfied or discharged.
History:
1963 c 457 s 9; 1965 c 602 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.10 — Common Profits And Expenses.

515.10 COMMON PROFITS AND EXPENSES.
The common profits of the property shall be distributed among, and the common expenses shall be charged to, the apartment owners according to the percentage of the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities.
History:
1963 c 457 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.11 — Contents Of Declaration.

515.11 CONTENTS OF DECLARATION.
The declaration shall contain the following particulars:
(1) Description of the land on which the building and improvements are or are to be located.
(2) 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) Description of the common areas and facilities.
(5) Description of the limited common areas and facilities, if any, stating to which apartments their use is reserved.
(6) 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) 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 hereinafter provided, together with the residence or place of business of such person which shall be within the city or county in which the building is located.
(9) 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 the event of damage or destruction of all or part of the property.
(10) Any further details in connection with the property which the person executing the declaration may deem desirable to set forth consistent with sections 515.01 to 515.29.
(11) The method by which the declaration may be amended, consistent with the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29.
History:
1963 c 457 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.12 — Contents Of Deeds Of Apartments.

515.12 CONTENTS OF DEEDS OF APARTMENTS.
Deeds of apartments shall include the following particulars:
(1) Description of the land as provided in section 515.11, and the post office address of the property, including the book, page and date of recording of the declaration.
(2) The apartment number of the apartment in the declaration and any other data necessary for its proper identification.
(3) Statement of the use for which the apartment is intended and restrictions on its use.
(4) The percentage of undivided interest appertaining to the apartment in the common areas and facilities.
(5) Any further details which the grantor and grantee may deem desirable to set forth consistent with the declaration and sections 515.01 to 515.29.
History:
1963 c 457 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.13 — Copy Of The Floor Plans To Be Filed.

515.13 COPY OF THE FLOOR PLANS TO BE FILED.
Simultaneously with the recording of the declaration there shall be filed in the office of the recording officer a set of the floor plans of the building showing the layout, location, apartment numbers and dimensions of the apartments, stating the name of the building or that it has no name, and bearing the verified statement of a registered architect, licensed professional engineer, or licensed land surveyor certifying that it is an accurate copy of portions of the plans of the building as filed with and approved by the municipal or other governmental subdivision having jurisdiction over the issuance of permits for the construction of buildings. If such plans do not include a verified statement by such architect, engineer, or licensed land surveyor that such plans fully and accurately depict the layout, location, apartment numbers and dimensions of the apartments as built, there shall be recorded prior to the first conveyance of any apartment an amendment to the declaration to which shall be attached a verified statement of a registered architect, licensed professional engineer, or licensed land surveyor certifying that the plans theretofore filed, or being filed simultaneously with such amendment, fully and accurately depict the layout, location, apartment numbers and dimensions of the apartments as built. Such plans shall be kept by the recording officer in a separate file for each building, indexed in the same manner as a conveyance entitled to record, numbered serially in the order of receipt, each designated "apartment ownership," with the name of the building, if any, and each containing a reference to the book, page and date of recording of the declaration. Correspondingly, the record of the declaration shall contain a reference to the file number of the floor plans of the building affected thereby.
History:
1963 c 457 s 13; 1965 c 602 s 3; 1998 c 324 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.14 — Blanket Mortgage Lien On Apartment When First Conveyed.

515.14 BLANKET MORTGAGE LIEN ON APARTMENT WHEN FIRST CONVEYED.
At the time of the first conveyance of each apartment, every mortgage and other lien affecting such apartment, including the percentage of undivided interest of the apartment in the common areas and facilities, shall be paid and satisfied of record, or the apartment being conveyed and its percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall be released therefrom by partial release duly recorded.
History:
1963 c 457 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.15 — Recording.

515.15 RECORDING.
(a) The declaration, any amendment or amendments thereof, any instrument by which the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29 may be waived, and every instrument affecting the property or any apartment shall be entitled to be recorded. The declaration and any amendment or amendments thereto shall be submitted to the platting authority of the governing municipality or other governmental subdivision having jurisdiction for review. Neither the declaration nor any amendment thereof shall be valid unless duly recorded in the office of the county recorder or the registrar of titles, as the case may be.
(b) In addition to the records and indexes required to be maintained by the recording officer, the recording officer shall maintain an index or indexes whereby the record of each declaration contains a reference to the record of each conveyance of an apartment affected by such declaration, and the record of each conveyance of an apartment contains a reference to the declaration of the building of which such apartment is a part.
History:
1963 c 457 s 15; 1974 c 319 s 3; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.16 — Removal From Provisions Of Sections 515.01 To 515.29.

515.16 REMOVAL FROM PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 515.01 TO 515.29.
(a) All of the apartment owners may remove a property from the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29 by an instrument to that effect, duly recorded, provided that the holders of all liens affecting any of the apartments consent thereto or agree, in either case by instruments duly recorded, that their liens be transferred to the percentage of the undivided interest of the apartment owner in the property as hereinafter provided.
(b) Upon removal of the property from the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29, the property shall be deemed to be owned in common by the apartment owners. The undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each apartment owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by such owner in the common areas and facilities.
History:
1963 c 457 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.17 — Removal No Bar To Subsequent Resubmission.

515.17 REMOVAL NO BAR TO SUBSEQUENT RESUBMISSION.
The removal provided for in section 515.16 shall in no way bar the subsequent resubmission of the property to the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29.
History:
1963 c 457 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.175 — Incorporation Of Association.

515.175 INCORPORATION OF ASSOCIATION.
Subsequent to July 1, 1976, an association of apartment owners shall be incorporated under chapter 317A before the declaration is recorded.
History:
1976 c 244 s 1; 1989 c 304 s 137
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.18 — Bylaws.

515.18 BYLAWS.
The administration of every property shall be governed by bylaws, a true copy of which shall be annexed to the declaration and made a part thereof. No modification of or amendment to the bylaws shall be valid unless set forth in an amendment to the declaration and such amendment is duly recorded.
History:
1963 c 457 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.195 — When First Officers' Terms End; Contract Restrictions.

515.195 WHEN FIRST OFFICERS' TERMS END; CONTRACT RESTRICTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
At annual meeting.
At the first annual meeting subsequent to the earlier of (a) five years from the date of recording the declaration or (b) when three-fifths of the apartment owners are other than the owner who submits the property to the provisions of this chapter, the terms of office of all then existing officers and directors shall terminate.
Subd. 2.
Two-year limit on deals.
No contract, lease, management contract, employment contract, or lease of recreational areas or facilities, which is directly or indirectly made by or on behalf of the association of apartment owners shall be entered into for a period exceeding two years.
History:
1976 c 244 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.20 — Record Of Receipts And Expenses Available To Owners.

515.20 RECORD OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES AVAILABLE TO OWNERS.
The manager or board of directors, as the case may be, shall keep detailed, accurate records in chronological order, of the receipts and expenditures affecting the common areas and facilities, specifying and itemizing the maintenance and repair expenses of the common areas and facilities and any other expenses incurred. Such records and the vouchers authorizing the payments shall be available for examination by the apartment owners at convenient hours of weekdays.
History:
1963 c 457 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.21 — Owner Abandonment, Waiver Of Use, Does Not Avert Liability.

515.21 OWNER ABANDONMENT, WAIVER OF USE, DOES NOT AVERT LIABILITY.
No apartment owner is exempt from liability for that owner's contribution towards the common expenses by waiver of the use or enjoyment of any of the common areas and facilities or by abandonment of that owner's apartment.
History:
1963 c 457 s 21; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.22 — Separate Taxation.

515.22 SEPARATE TAXATION.
Each apartment and its percentage of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall be deemed to be a parcel of real property and shall be subject to separate assessment and taxation by the state of Minnesota or any taxing subdivision thereof for all types of taxes authorized by law including but not limited to special ad valorem levies and special assessments. Neither the building, the property nor any of the common areas and facilities shall be deemed to be a separate parcel of real property.
History:
1963 c 457 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.23 — Priority Of Lien.

515.23 PRIORITY OF LIEN.
All sums assessed by the association of apartment owners but unpaid for the share of the common expenses chargeable to any apartment shall constitute a lien on such apartment prior to all other liens except only (i) tax liens on the apartment, including assessments for sewers, grading or paving of streets and other improvements thereof, in favor of the state of Minnesota or any taxing subdivision thereof, and (ii) all sums unpaid on the first mortgage of record. Such lien may be foreclosed by suit by the manager or board of directors, acting on behalf of the apartment owners, in like manner as a mortgage of real property. In any such foreclosure the apartment owner shall be required to pay a reasonable rental for the apartment, if so provided in the bylaws, and the plaintiff in such foreclosure shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver to collect the same. The manager or board of directors, acting on behalf of the apartment owners, shall have power, unless prohibited by the declaration, to bid in the apartment at foreclosure sale, and to acquire and hold, lease, mortgage and convey the same. Suit to recover a money judgment for unpaid common expenses shall be maintainable without foreclosing or waiving the lien securing the same.
History:
1963 c 457 s 23; 1965 c 602 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.24 — Joint, Several Liability Of Buyer, Seller; Common Expense.

515.24 JOINT, SEVERAL LIABILITY OF BUYER, SELLER; COMMON EXPENSE.
In a voluntary conveyance the grantee of an apartment shall be jointly and severally liable with the grantor for all unpaid assessments against the latter for the grantor's share of the common expenses up to the time of the grant or conveyance, without prejudice to the grantee's right to recover from the grantor the amounts paid by the grantee therefor. However, any such grantee shall be entitled to a statement from the manager or board of directors, as the case may be, setting forth the amount of the unpaid assessments against the grantor and such grantee shall not be liable for, nor shall the apartment conveyed be subject to a lien for any unpaid assessments against the grantor in excess of the amount therein set forth.
History:
1963 c 457 s 24; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.25 — Insurance.

515.25 INSURANCE.
The manager or the board of directors shall have the authority to and shall obtain insurance for the property against loss or damage by fire and such other hazards as are covered under standard extended coverage provisions for the full insurable replacement costs of the common areas and facilities and the apartments. Such insurance coverage shall be written on the property in the name of, and the proceeds thereof shall be payable to, such manager or the board of directors of the association of apartment owners, as trustee for each of the apartment owners in the percentages established in the declaration. Premiums shall be common expenses. Provision for such insurance shall be without prejudice to the right of each apartment owner to insure that owner's own apartment for that owner's benefit.
History:
1963 c 457 s 25; 1965 c 602 s 5; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.26 — Disposition Of Property Where It Is Damaged By Fire Or Other Disaster.

515.26 DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY WHERE IT IS DAMAGED BY FIRE OR OTHER DISASTER.
In case of fire or other disaster, if a majority of the apartment owners and all other parties in interest do not voluntarily make provision for reconstruction of the building within 180 days from the date of damage or destruction, the manager or the board of directors of the association of apartment owners shall file for record with the recording officer a notice setting forth such facts and upon the recording of such notice:
(1) The property shall be deemed to be owned in common by the apartment owners;
(2) The undivided interest in the property owned in common which shall appertain to each apartment owner shall be the percentage of undivided interest previously owned by such owner in the common areas and facilities;
(3) Any liens affecting any of the apartments shall be deemed to be transferred in accordance with the existing priorities to the percentage of the undivided interest of the apartment owner in the property as provided herein; and
(4) The property shall be subject to an action for partition at the suit of any apartment owner, in which event the net proceeds of sale, together with the net proceeds of the insurance on the property, if any, shall be considered as one fund and shall be divided among all the apartment owners in a percentage equal to the percentage of undivided interest owned by each owner in the property, after first paying out of the respective shares of the apartment owners, to the extent sufficient for the purpose, all liens on the undivided interest in the property owned by each apartment owner.
History:
1963 c 457 s 26; 1965 c 602 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.27 — Actions.

515.27 ACTIONS.
Without limiting the rights of any apartment owner, actions may be brought by the manager or board of directors, in either case in the discretion of the board of directors, on behalf of two or more of the apartment owners, as their respective interest may appear, with respect to any cause of action relating to the common areas and facilities or more than one apartment. Service of process on two or more apartment owners in any action relating to the common areas and facilities or more than one apartment may be made on the person designated in the declaration to receive service of process.
History:
1963 c 457 s 27
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.28 — Personal Application.

515.28 PERSONAL APPLICATION.
(a) All apartment owners, tenants of such owners, employees of owners and tenants, or any other persons that may in any manner use property or any part thereof submitted to the provision of sections 515.01 to 515.29 shall be subject to sections 515.01 to 515.29 and to the declaration and bylaws of the association of apartment owners adopted pursuant to the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29.
(b) All agreements, decisions and determinations lawfully made by the association of apartment owners in accordance with the voting percentages established in sections 515.01 to 515.29, declaration or bylaws shall be deemed to be binding on all apartment owners.
History:
1963 c 457 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act › Section 515.29 — Severability.

515.29 SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of sections 515.01 to 515.29 or any section, sentence, clause, phrase or word, or the application thereof in any circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of sections 515.01 to 515.29 and of the application of any such provision, section, sentence, clause, phrase or word in any other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
History:
1963 c 457 s 29
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-101 — Short Title.

515A.1-101 SHORT TITLE.
Sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Condominium Act."
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-101
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-102 — Applicability.

515A.1-102 APPLICABILITY.
(a) Sections 515A.1-105 (Property Taxation), 515A.1-106 (Applicability of Local Ordinances, Regulations, and Building Codes), 515A.1-107 (Eminent Domain), 515A.2-103 (Construction and Validity of Declaration and Bylaws), 515A.2-104 (Description of Units), 515A.3-102 (a) (1) to (5) and (9) to (12) (Powers of Unit Owners' Association), 515A.3-111 (Tort and Contract Liability), 515A.3-112 (Insurance), 515A.3-115 (Lien for Assessments), 515A.3-116 (Association Records), 515A.4-107 (Resales of Units), 515A.4-1075 (Purchaser's Right to Cancel), and 515A.1-103 (Definitions) to the extent necessary in construing any of those sections, apply to all condominiums created in this state prior to August 1, 1980; provided, however, that these sections apply only with respect to events and circumstances occurring after July 31, 1980, and do not invalidate existing provisions of the declaration, bylaws, or floor plans of those condominiums.
(b) Sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 apply to all condominiums created within this state after August 1, 1980. The provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29 do not apply to condominiums created after August 1, 1980, and do not invalidate any amendment to the declaration, bylaws, or floor plans of any condominium created before August 1, 1980, or to a condominium plat of any condominium created before August 1, 1986, if the amendment would be permitted by sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117. The amendment must be adopted in conformity with the procedures and requirements specified by those instruments and by sections 515.01 to 515.29. If the amendment grants to any person any rights, powers or privileges permitted by sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117, all correlative obligations, liabilities, and restrictions in sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 also apply to that person.
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-102; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 73; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 72; 1986 c 342 s 4; 1989 c 98 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-104 — Variation By Agreement.

515A.1-104 VARIATION BY AGREEMENT.
Except as expressly otherwise provided in sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117, provisions of sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 may not be varied by agreement, and rights conferred by sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 may not be waived. A declarant may not act under a power of attorney, or use any other device, to evade the limitations or prohibitions of sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 or the declaration.
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-104
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-105 — Property Taxation.

515A.1-105 PROPERTY TAXATION.
Subdivision 1.
Homestead.
(a) Each unit together with its common element interest constitutes for all purposes a separate parcel of real estate.
(b) If a declaration is recorded prior to 30 days before any installment of real estate taxes becomes payable, the local taxing authority shall split the taxes so payable on the condominium among the units. Interest and penalties which would otherwise accrue shall not begin to accrue until at least 30 days after the split is accomplished.
(c) A unit used for residential purposes together with not more than two units used for vehicular parking and their common element interests shall be treated the same as any other real estate in determining whether homestead exemptions or classifications shall apply.
Subd. 2.
Market valuation.
For purposes of property taxation, the residential units in a structure or building which are initially constructed as condominiums or are being converted into condominiums shall be valued as provided in section 273.11, subdivision 9.
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-105; 1983 c 342 art 2 s 26; 1991 c 291 art 12 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-108 — Supplemental General Principles Of Law Applicable.

515A.1-108 SUPPLEMENTAL GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW APPLICABLE.
The principles of law and equity, including the law of corporations, the law of real property and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, eminent domain, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, receivership, substantial performance, or other validating or invalidating cause supplement the provisions of sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117, except to the extent inconsistent with sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117. Documents required by sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 to be recorded shall in the case of registered land be filed.
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-108
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-109 — Construction Against Implicit Repeal.

515A.1-109 CONSTRUCTION AGAINST IMPLICIT REPEAL.
Sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 being a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be construed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if that construction can reasonably be avoided.
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-110 — Uniformity Of Application And Construction.

515A.1-110 UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
Sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 shall be applied and construed so as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 among states enacting it.
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-110
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-111 — Severability.

515A.1-111 SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the provisions of sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 are severable.
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-111
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-112 — Unconscionable Agreement Or Term Of Contract.

515A.1-112 UNCONSCIONABLE AGREEMENT OR TERM OF CONTRACT.
(a) The court, upon finding as a matter of law that a contract or contract clause to which the declarant or the affiliate of a declarant is a party 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.
(b) Whenever it is claimed, or appears to the court that such a contract or 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, or 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 real estate and the value of the real estate measured by the price at which similar real estate was readily obtainable in similar transactions, but a disparity between the contract price and the value of the real estate measured by the price at which similar real estate was readily obtainable in similar transactions does not, of itself, render the contract unconscionable.
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-112; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-113 — Obligation Of Good Faith.

515A.1-113 OBLIGATION OF GOOD FAITH.
Every contract or duty governed by sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement.
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-113
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-114 — Remedies To Be Liberally Administered.

515A.1-114 REMEDIES TO BE LIBERALLY ADMINISTERED.
(a) The remedies provided by sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 shall be liberally administered to the end that the aggrieved party is put in as good a position as though the other party had fully performed, provided that rights of bona fide purchasers shall be protected. However, consequential, special, or punitive damages may not be awarded except as specifically provided in sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 or by other rule of law.
(b) Any right or obligation declared by sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 is enforceable by judicial proceeding unless the provision declaring it provides otherwise.
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-114
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-115 — Notice.

515A.1-115 NOTICE.
Except as otherwise stated in sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 all notices required by sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 shall be in writing and shall be effective upon hand delivery or upon mailing if properly addressed with postage prepaid and deposited in the United States mail.
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-115
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.1-116 — Effective Date.

515A.1-116 EFFECTIVE DATE.
Section 515A.1-106 is effective April 17, 1980.
History:
1980 c 582 art 1 s 515.1-116
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.2-101 — Creation Of Condominium.

515A.2-101 CREATION OF CONDOMINIUM.
(a) A condominium may be created pursuant to sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117 only by recording a declaration executed, in the same manner as a deed, by all persons whose interests in the real estate will be conveyed to unit owners, except vendors under contracts for deed, and by every lessor of a lease the expiration or termination of which will terminate the condominium. The condominium shall not include real estate covered by a lease affecting less than all of the condominiums and the expiration or termination of which will reduce the size of the condominium. The declaration and bylaws shall be recorded in every county in which any portion of the condominium is located. Failure of any party to join in a declaration shall have no effect on the validity of a condominium provided that after the recording of the declaration the party acknowledges the condominium in a recorded instrument or the interest of the party is extinguished.
(b) A declaration, or an amendment to a declaration adding units to a condominium, may not be recorded unless all structural components and mechanical systems serving more than one unit of all buildings containing or comprising any units thereby created are substantially completed consistent with the floor plans, as evidenced by a certificate executed by a registered professional engineer or architect and recorded or attached to the floor plans.
(c) No possessory interest in a unit may be conveyed until the unit is substantially completed as evidenced by a recorded certificate of completion executed by a registered professional engineer or architect. For the purpose of this section "substantially completed" means entirely completed consistent with the floor plans. This subsection does not prevent the conveyance prior to substantial completion of all units owned by the declarant to a person who is a transferee of special declarant rights.
(d) The declaration, any amendment or amendments thereof, and every instrument affecting a condominium or any unit shall be entitled to be recorded.
(e) In addition to the records and indexes required to be maintained by the recording officer, the recording officer shall maintain an index or indexes whereby the record of each declaration contains a reference to the record of each conveyance of a unit affected by the declaration.
(f) The recording officer shall upon request assign a number to a condominium to be formed.
(g) The recording officer shall separate the floor plans from the declaration and the floor plans shall be kept by the recording officer in a separate file for each condominium indexed in the same manner as a conveyance entitled to record indicating the number of the condominium.
History:
1980 c 582 art 2 s 515.2-101
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.2-102 — Unit Boundaries.

515A.2-102 UNIT BOUNDARIES.
Except as otherwise provided by the declaration:
(1) If walls, floors, or ceilings are designated as boundaries of a unit, all lath, furring, wallboard, plasterboard, plaster, paneling, tiles, wallpaper, paint, finished flooring, and any other materials constituting any part of the finished surfaces thereof are a part of the unit, and all other portions of the walls, floors, or ceilings are a part of the common elements.
(2) If any chute, flue, duct, pipe, wire, conduit, bearing wall, bearing column, or any other fixture lies partially within and partially outside of the designated boundaries of a unit, any portion thereof serving only that unit is a limited common element allocated solely to that unit, and any portion thereof serving more than one unit or any portion of the common elements is a part of the common elements.
(3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), all spaces, interior partitions, and other fixtures and improvements within the boundaries of a unit are a part of the unit.
(4) All exterior doors and windows and any shutters, awnings, window boxes, doorsteps, stoops, porches, balconies, patios, or other fixtures designed to serve a single unit, but located outside the unit's boundaries, are limited common elements allocated exclusively to that unit.
History:
1980 c 582 art 2 s 515.2-102
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.2-103 — Construction And Validity Of Declaration And Bylaws.

515A.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 sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117, or any instrument executed pursuant to the declaration or sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117.
(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 sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117.
History:
1980 c 582 art 2 s 515.2-103
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.2-104 — Description Of Units.

515A.2-104 DESCRIPTION OF UNITS.
After the declaration is recorded, a description of a unit which sets forth the number of the condominium, the county in which the condominium is located, and the identifying number of the unit, is a sufficient legal description of that unit and its common element interest whether or not the common element interest is described or referred to therein.
History:
1980 c 582 art 2 s 515.2-104
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.2-105 — Contents Of Declaration; All Condominiums.

515A.2-105 CONTENTS OF DECLARATION; ALL CONDOMINIUMS.
The declaration for a condominium shall contain:
(1) the name and number of the condominium, which shall include the word "condominium" or be followed by the words "a condominium";
(2) the name of every county in which any part of the condominium is situated;
(3) a legally sufficient description of the real estate included in the condominium;
(4) a description or delineation of the boundaries of a unit;
(5) the condominium plat as required by section 515A.2-110;
(6) an allocation to each unit of an undivided interest in the common elements, a portion of the votes in the association, and a percentage or fraction of the common expenses of the association (section 515A.2-108);
(7) a statement of the maximum number of any units which may be created by the subdivision or conversion of units owned by the declarant pursuant to section 515A.2-115(c);
(8) an allocation of any limited common elements, as provided in section 515A.2-109;
(9) any restrictions on use, occupancy, and alienation of the units;
(10) a statement showing that the condominium is not subject to an ordinance provided for in section 515A.1-106 or showing that any conditions required under an ordinance have been complied with;
(11) any other matters the declarant deems appropriate.
History:
1980 c 582 art 2 s 515.2-105; 1986 c 342 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act › Section 515A.2-106 — Contents Of Declaration; Flexible Condominiums.

515A.2-106 CONTENTS OF DECLARATION; FLEXIBLE CONDOMINIUMS.
The declaration for a flexible condominium shall include, in addition to the matters specified in section 515A.2-105:
(1) an explicit reservation of any options to add additional real estate;
(2) a statement of any time limit, not exceeding seven years after the recording of the declaration, upon which any option 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 seven years after the recording of the declaration;
(3) a statement of any limitations on any option reserved under paragraph (1), other than limitations created by or imposed pursuant to law;
(4) legally sufficient descriptions of each portion of additional real estate;
(5) if portions of any additional real estate may be added at different times, a statement to that effect together with a statement fixing the boundaries of those portions and regulating the order in which they may be added or a statement that no assurances are made in those regards;
(6) a statement of (i) the maximum number of units that may be created within any additional real estate and within any portion, the boundaries of which are fixed pursuant to paragraph (5), and (ii) how many of those units will be restricted exclusively to residential use;
(7) a statement that any buildings and units that may be erected upon the additional real estate or a portion thereof will be compatible with the other buildings and units in the condominium 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 respecting those matters;
(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, or a statement of any differentiations that may be made as to those units;
(9) general descriptions of all other improvements and common elements that may be made or created upon or within the additional real estate or each portion thereof;
(10) a statement of the extent to which any assurances made in the declaration regarding additional real estate pursuant to paragraphs (5) to (9) apply in the event any additional real estate is not added to the condominium, or a statement that those assurances do not apply if the real estate is not added to the condominium.
History:
1980 c 582 art 2 s 515.2-106