Sec. 47-78. Owner may not exempt himself from liability.
Sec. 47-78. Owner may not exempt himself from liability. (a) No unit owner
may exempt himself from liability for payment of the common expenses by waiver of
the use or enjoyment of any of the common elements or by abandonment of the unit
against which the assessments are made, except if every unit owner is so exempted from
the payment of all or part of the common expenses.
(b) A declarant shall become liable as a unit owner for payment of his share of the
common expenses commencing on the day of the recordation of the original declaration
and shall remain liable for his share of the common expenses, so long as the declarant
owns a unit in the condominium.
(1963, P.A. 605, S. 19; P.A. 76-308, S. 14, 36.)
History: P.A. 76-308 provided that no unit owner may be exempted from payment of common expense unless all unit
owners are so exempted and further provided that the declarant shall be liable for payment of expenses so long as he owns
a unit in the condominium.
See Sec. 47-90c re effective date and applicability of chapter.