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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68924</law_id><section_number>55.1-2014</section_number><catch_line>Contributions by co-owners</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-2015</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Common Interest Communities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="20">Horizontal Property Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Management of Horizontal Property Regimes</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All co-owners are bound to contribute pro rata toward the expenses of administration and of maintenance and repairs of the general common elements, and, in the appropriate case, of the <span class="dictionary">limited common elements</span> of the building, and toward any other expenses lawfully agreed upon by the <span class="dictionary">council of co-owners</span>.
		If a <span class="dictionary">co-owner</span> fails to contribute his share as provided in this section, the manager or board of directors of the <span class="dictionary">council of co-owners</span>, or in a proper case, an aggrieved <span class="dictionary">co-owner</span>, may maintain an action at <span class="dictionary">law</span> on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">council of co-owners</span> to recover sums due for <span class="dictionary">damages</span> or in <span class="dictionary">equity</span> for injunctive relief.
		No <span class="dictionary">co-owner</span> shall be exempt from contributing toward such expenses by <span class="dictionary">waiver</span> or nonuse of the use or enjoyment of the common elements, both general and limited, or by abandonment of the <span class="dictionary">apartment</span> belonging to him.
		Such contributions may be determined and a <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, as the <span class="dictionary">master deed</span> may provide upon <span class="dictionary">default</span> in the payment of any such contribution, may be perfected by filing in the clerk&#x2019;s office in which the <span class="dictionary">master deed</span> is recorded a <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> showing the name of the delinquent <span class="dictionary">co-owner</span>, the name of the <span class="dictionary">council of co-owners</span> as claimant of the <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, the amount of the claim, and a description of the <span class="dictionary">property</span> on which a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> is claimed verified by <span class="dictionary">oath</span> of the agent of the <span class="dictionary">council of co-owners</span>. The clerk shall record and index such <span class="dictionary">lien</span> as provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Liens to be recorded in deed books and indexed in general index of deeds" href="/43-4.1/">43-4.1</a> and shall charge such fees as are provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. Such <span class="dictionary">lien</span> shall be released as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Release of deed of trust or other lien" href="/55.1-339/">55.1-339</a> through <a class="law" title="Recordation of certificate of satisfaction, etc., required when release of lien recorded" href="/55.1-345/">55.1-345</a> upon payment by the <span class="dictionary">co-owner</span> of his contributions.</p></section></text><history>1962, c. 627, &#xA7; 13, &#xA7; 55-79.13; 1966, c. 683; 1973, c. 375; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
