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...A nonabolishing county's land registration system, except insofar as required to carry out sections 5310.52 and 5310.53 of the Revised Code, shall remain intact and fully operational.

...dering legal services. (B) "Additional property" means land, including surface and air rights, or improvements to land that are described in an original declaration and that may be added in the future to an expandable condominium property. (C) "Affiliate of a developer" means any person who controls a developer or is controlled by a developer. For the purposes of this division: (1) A person "controls" a developer ...

...11. of the Revised Code applies only to property that is specifically submitted to its provisions by the execution and filing for record of a declaration by the owner, as provided in this chapter. In every instance, any property so submitted shall be either a fee simple estate or a ninety-nine year leasehold, renewable forever. Neither the submission of property to the provisions of this chapter, nor the conveyance o...

...(A) Each unit of a condominium property, together with the undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to it, is real property for all purposes and is real estate within the meaning of all provisions of the Revised Code. (B) A unit owner is entitled to the exclusive ownership and possession of the unit and to ownership of an undivided interest in the common elements as expressed in the declaration. (C...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration, the boundaries between adjoining units and appurtenant limited common elements may be relocated and the undivided interests in the common elements appurtenant to those units may be reallocated by an amendment to the declaration pursuant to the following procedures: (1)(a) The owners of the adjoining units shall submit to the board of directors of the unit owners a...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration, rights to the use of limited common elements may be reallocated between or among units by an amendment to the declaration pursuant to the following procedures: (1) The owners of the affected units shall prepare and execute at their expense an amendment to the declaration that identifies the affected units and specifies the reallocated rights to the affected limite...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in the declaration, all or any portion of a convertible unit may be converted into one or more units or common elements, including limited common elements. (2)(a) To cause the conversion, the owner shall prepare and execute an amendment to the declaration that describes the conversion and record the amendment together with the drawings described in division (E) of section 5311.07 ...

... elements of a condominium property are owned by the unit owners as tenants in common, and the ownership shall remain undivided. No action for partition of any part of the common elements may be commenced, except as provided in section 5311.14 of the Revised Code, and no unit owner otherwise may waive or release any rights in the common elements. (B) The declaration shall set forth the undivided interest in the c...

...(A) All costs of the administration, operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of common elements are common expenses. (B)(1) The declaration, either as filed and recorded by the declarant pursuant to section 5311.06 of the Revised Code or as amended by a vote of the unit owners exercising not less than ninety per cent of the voting power of the unit owners association, may provide that, regardless of undivide...

... a judge or clerk of a court of record, county auditor, county engineer, notary public, or mayor, who shall certify the acknowledgment and subscribe the certificate of acknowledgment. (B) A declaration shall contain all of the following: (1) A legal description of the land or, for a water slip condominium property, of the land and the land under the water area, submitted to the provisions of this chapter; (2) T...

...Land and improvements on the property of an expandable condominium property are considered added to the condominium property and submitted to the provisions of this chapter upon the declarant and all owners and lessees of the added land executing and filing for record pursuant to sections 5311.06 and 5311.07 of the Revised Code, an amendment to the declaration that contains the information, drawings, and plans wit...

... which the declaration was filed with a county recorder prior to October 1, 1978, has been expanded by the addition of units in accordance with the declaration, and if the unit owners do not commence an action to contest the change in the undivided interests in the common elements in a court of competent jurisdiction within two years after the date that the amendment was filed with the county recorder, each of th...

...ed in the office of the recorder of the county or counties in which the land or water slips described in the declaration are situated. All original declarations when filed shall be accompanied by a set of drawings of the condominium property as required by section 5311.07 of the Revised Code and a true copy of the bylaws of the unit owners association as required by section 5311.08 of the Revised Code. (2) Any amen...

...shall be prepared for every condominium property that graphically shows the boundaries, location, designation, length, width, and height of each unit; the boundaries, location, designation, and dimensions of the common elements and the limited common elements and exclusive use areas; and the location and dimensions of all appurtenant easements or encroachments. (2) If the condominium property is not contiguous...

...(A)(1) Every condominium property shall be administered by a unit owners association. All power and authority of the unit owners association shall be exercised by a board of directors, which the unit owners shall elect from among the unit owners or the spouses of unit owners. If a unit owner is not an individual, that unit owner may nominate for the board of directors any principal, member of a limited liability comp...

...le in the management of the condominium property and the association; (2) Commence, defend, intervene in, settle, or compromise any civil, criminal, land use planning, or administrative action or proceeding that is in the name of, or threatened against, the unit owners association, the board of directors, or the condominium property, or that involves two or more unit owners , impacts zoning, or otherwise relates to...

...ion in the court of common pleas of the county in which the condominium property is located to obtain injunctive relief or recover damages for harm resulting from the declarant's or developer's failure to comply with division (B)(1) of this section.

...nformation that pertains to condominium property-related personnel matters; (b) Communications with legal counsel or attorney work product pertaining to pending litigation or other condominium property-related matters; (c) Information that pertains to contracts or transactions currently under negotiation, or information that is contained in a contract or other agreement containing confidentiality requirements and...

... or estate in any unit of condominium property, it is sufficient to describe the unit by setting forth the name of the condominium property, the number or other designation of the unit, and the numbers of the volumes and initial pages of the records of the declaration and drawings of the condominium property. This section does not require reference by volume and page to amendments to the declaration or the drawin...

...Each unit of a condominium property and the undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to it is deemed a separate parcel for all purposes of taxation and assessment of real property, and no other unit or other part of the condominium property shall be charged with the payment of those taxes and assessments.

...No owner of property submitted to the provisions of this chapter shall convey fee title to any unit of the condominium property until all liens and encumbrances, except taxes and assessments of political subdivisions not then due and payable, affecting both the unit and any other part of the condominium property are paid and satisfied, the unit is released from the operation of those liens and encumbrances, o...

...he common elements that the developer owned or conveyed, other than as described in division (F) of this section. (2) Foreclosure of a lien described in division (E)(1) of this section does not of itself terminate the condominium property. (3) Divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this section do not limit the right to enforce a lien arising under Chapter 1311. of the Revised Code against property that does not become con...

...f the common elements of a condominium property shall be promptly repaired and restored by the board of directors of the unit owners association. The cost of the repairs and restoration shall be paid from the proceeds of insurance, if any, payable because of the damage or destruction, and the balance of that cost is a common expense. (B)(1) Unless provided otherwise in the declaration, in the event of damage t...

... control of any part of the condominium property in an amount that it determines for personal injury or property damage arising from or relating to the common elements; (B) For the benefit of all unit owners, fire and extended coverage insurance on all buildings and structures of the condominium property in an amount not less than ninety per cent of the replacement cost; (C)(1) Blanket fidelity, crime, or dishone...

...nd upon that removal, the property is owned in common by the unit owners. The undivided interest in the property owned by each unit owner is the undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to the units in the condominium property previously owned by each owner.