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...h respect to and affect a unit of a condominium property and the undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to it in the same manner and under the same conditions as liens and encumbrances arise with respect to and affect any other real estate, except as provided in this section. (B) Any person who does work or labor upon or furnishes machinery, material, or fuel for the alteration or repair of any un...

...n of all or any part of 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...

...tion or its designated agent at any one time plus three months of operating expenses. (b) The insurance shall be the property of and for the sole benefit of the association and shall protect against theft, embezzlement, misappropriation, or any other unauthorized taking or loss of association funds. (c) The policy shall include in its definition of "employee" the manager and the managing agent of the association'...

...e provisions of this chapter. In the event of that election, all liens and encumbrances, except taxes and assessments of political subdivisions not then due and payable, upon all or any part of the condominium property, shall be paid, released, modified, or discharged. A certificate setting forth that the election was made shall be filed with the recorder of the county or counties in which the condominium property...

... appurtenant undivided interest in the common elements for the payment of any of the following expenses that are chargeable against the unit and that remain unpaid for ten days after any portion has become due and payable: (a) The portion of the common expenses chargeable against the unit; (b) Interest, administrative late fees, enforcement assessments, and collection costs, attorney's fees, and paralegal fees th...

...ssion and control of any part of a condominium property, and the unit owners association of a condominium property shall comply with all covenants, conditions, and restrictions set forth in a deed to which they are subject or in the declaration, the bylaws, or the rules of the unit owners association, as lawfully amended. Violations of those covenants, conditions, or restrictions shall be grounds for the unit ow...

...rule, regulation, or agreement of a condominium property or construction of any of these items by the board of managers of its unit owners association shall prohibit any of the following: (1) The placement of a flagpole that is to be used for the purpose of displaying, or the display of the flag of the United States or the national league of families POW/MIA flag on or within the limited common areas and facilities...

...maintain, repair, and replace is not a common expense and is instead the owner's responsibility. (2) The declaration specifically allows for and regulates the types and installation of solar energy collection devices in the common or limited common elements and establishes responsibility for the cost to insure, maintain, repair, and replace such devices. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a unit ow...

... any action relating to the common elements or to any right, duty, or obligation possessed or imposed upon the unit owners association by statute or otherwise, the unit owners association may sue or be sued as a separate legal entity. In any action of that nature, service of summons or other process may be made upon the unit owners association by serving the process personally upon the president or other designat...

....041 of the Revised Code, the common expenses shall be charged to the unit owners according to the undivided interests in the common elements appurtenant to their respective units.

...lent to the undivided interest in the common elements appurtenant to the owner's unit. (B) Fiduciaries who are owners of record of a unit or units may vote their respective interests as unit owners. Unless otherwise provided in the declaration or bylaws, if two or more persons, whether fiduciaries, tenants in common, or otherwise, own undivided interests in a unit, each person may exercise the proportion of th...

...ation by that individual's failure to comply with any lawful provision of the condominium instruments. (B) Any interested person, including a unit owners association, may commence an action for a declaratory judgment to determine that person's legal relations under the condominium instruments or to obtain an injunction against a declarant, developer, agent, unit owner, or person entitled to occupy a unit who refus...

...f all deposits, without penalty, at any time prior to entering into a contract to purchase a condominium ownership interest.

...pment that the tenant occupies and at a price that is not greater than the price at which the unit will be offered to the general public for the subsequent one hundred eighty-day period. The developer shall give each tenant written notice of not less than one hundred twenty days prior to the conversion or intended conversion, during which time the tenant may not be evicted to accommodate or facilitate the sale of a...

...n condominium development, the offering price of each unsold unit or type of unsold unit and a report by the developer stating the age, the condition, and the developer's opinion of the remaining useful life of structural elements and mechanical and supporting systems, together with the developer's estimate of repair and replacement costs projected for five years from the date the property is submitted to the provisi...

... market value of the interest as of the time the suit is brought; (b) The price at which the interest is disposed of in a bona fide market transaction before suit is brought; (c) The price at which the unit is disposed of in a bona fide market transaction after suit is brought but before judgment is entered. (2)(a) In no case shall the amount recoverable under this section be less than five hundred dollars for e...

..."Declarant control" means the period of time in which the declarant controls the owners association by appointing or electing the members of the association's board of directors. (G) "Declaration" means an instrument a property owner executes and records to declare that the property is a planned community subject to the provisions of this chapter. (H) "Dwelling unit" means a detached building or the portion of...

...g the declaration and bylaws; (8) The time and place for holding meetings and the manner of and authority for calling meetings, conducting meetings, and giving notice of meetings, which notice may be sent by electronic mail, provided the association has received the prior, written authorization from the owner; (9) The common expenses for which assessments may be made and the manner of collecting from the owners t...

...he owners association for the period of time the declaration specifies. During the time of declarant control, the declarant or the declarant's designee may appoint and remove the members of the board. The period of declarant control shall terminate not later than the time at which all of the lots have been transferred to owners. (2) Not later than the termination of any period of declarant control, the owners shall...

... of the board can hear or read in real time and participate and respond to every other member of the board. (E) In lieu of conducting a meeting, the board may take an action with the unanimous written consent of the members of the board. Any written consent shall be filed with the minutes of the meetings of the board. (F) No owner other than a director may attend or participate in any discussion or deliberati...

...eclaration and to dissolve the planned community requires the unanimous consent of owners. (C) A vote to delete as void, any provision within the declaration or bylaws, or any applicable restriction or covenant, that limits the occupancy or use of property subject to this chapter on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, or familial status, requires only a majority vote of the board of directors ...

...de. (B) Commencing not later than the time of the first conveyance of a lot to a person other than a declarant, the owners association shall maintain all of the following to the extent reasonably available and applicable: (1) Property insurance on the common elements; (2) Liability insurance pertaining to the common elements; (3) Directors and officers liability insurance; (4)(a) Blanket fidelity, crime, or...

...subject to examination and copying, the times and locations at which those documents may be examined or copied, and the specification of a reasonable fee for copying the documents. (B) Unless approved by the board of directors, an owner may not examine or copy any books, records, or minutes that meet either of the following conditions: (1) Date back more than five years prior to the date of the request; (2) Co...

...enance, repair, and replacement of the common elements, and each owner is responsible for maintenance, repair, and replacement of the owner's lot and improvements to that lot, including the dwelling unit and the utility lines serving that dwelling unit. (B) An owner shall permit agents or employees of the owners association and other owners access through the owner's lot and dwelling unit for the purpose of fu...

... not assign the right to common assessments, or the future income from those assessments, or convey any fee interest or any security interest in any portion of the common elements unless the declaration specifically provides for such a conveyance or seventy-five per cent of the voting power of the owners association, or any larger percentage the declaration specifies, approves the conveyance. (2) The owners a...