Minn. Stat. § 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."
Minnesota Statutes Chapter 515A — Uniform Condominium Act
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Minn. Stat. § 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…
Minn. Stat. § 515A.1-103
Definitions
In the declaration and bylaws, unless specifically provided otherwise or the context otherwise requires, and in sections 515A.1-101 to 515A.4-117: (1) "Additional real estate" means real estate that may be added to a flexible condominium. (2) "Affiliate of a declarant" means any person who controls, is controlled by, o…
Minn. Stat. § 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 t…
Minn. Stat. § 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 t…
Minn. Stat. § 515A.1-106
Applicability of Local Ordinances, Regulations, and Building Codes
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), a zoning, subdivision, building code, or other real estate use law, ordinance, charter provision, or regulation may not directly or indirectly prohibit the condominium form of ownership or impose any requirement upon a condominium, upon the creation or disposition of a…
Minn. Stat. § 515A.1-107
Eminent Domain
(a) If a unit is acquired by eminent domain, or if part of a unit is acquired by eminent domain leaving the unit owner with a remnant which may not practically or lawfully be used for any purpose permitted by the declaration, the award shall compensate the unit owner and holders of an interest as security for an obliga…
Minn. Stat. § 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…
Minn. Stat. § 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.
Minn. Stat. § 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.
Minn. Stat. § 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 t…
Minn. Stat. § 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…
Minn. Stat. § 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.
Minn. Stat. § 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 dam…
Minn. Stat. § 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.
Minn. Stat. § 515A.1-116
Effective Date
Section 515A.1-106 is effective April 17, 1980.
Minn. Stat. § 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…
Minn. Stat. § 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…
Minn. Stat. § 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 conflic…
Minn. Stat. § 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…
Minn. Stat. § 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 incl…
Minn. Stat. § 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 reser…
Minn. Stat. § 515A.2-107
Leasehold Condominiums
(a) Any lease the expiration or termination of which may terminate the condominium shall be recorded and the declaration shall include, in addition to the matters specified in section 515A.2-105: (1) the county of recording and recorder's document number for the lease; (2) the date on which the lease is scheduled to ex…
Minn. Stat. § 515A.2-108
Allocation of Common Element Interests, Votes, and Common Expense Liabilities
(a) The declaration shall allocate a fraction or percentage of the undivided interests in the common elements, common expenses and votes in the association to each unit in such manner that each of the items is equally allocated or is allocated according to the proportion of the area or volume of each unit to the area o…
Minn. Stat. § 515A.2-109
Common Elements and Limited Common Elements
Common elements other than limited common elements may be used in common with all unit owners. Except for the limited common elements described in section 515A.2-102(2) and (4), the declaration shall specify to which unit each limited common element is allocated.
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