                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONTRIBUTIONS BY CO-OWNERS (§ 55.1-2014)

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 limited common elements of the building,
and toward any other expenses lawfully agreed upon by the council of co-owners.
		If a co-owner fails to contribute his share as provided in this section, the
manager or board of directors of the council of co-owners, or in a proper case,
an aggrieved co-owner, may maintain an action at law on behalf of the council of
co-owners to recover sums due for damages or in equity for injunctive relief.
		No co-owner shall be exempt from contributing toward such expenses by waiver
or nonuse of the use or enjoyment of the common elements, both general and
limited, or by abandonment of the apartment belonging to him.
		Such contributions may be determined and a lien, as the master deed may
provide upon default in the payment of any such contribution, may be perfected
by filing in the clerk&#8217;s office in which the master deed is recorded a
memorandum showing the name of the delinquent co-owner, the name of the council
of co-owners as claimant of the lien, the amount of the claim, and a description
of the property on which a lien is claimed verified by oath of the agent of the
council of co-owners. The clerk shall record and index such lien as provided in
§ 43-4.1 and shall charge such fees as are provided by law. Such lien shall be
released as provided in §§ 55.1-339 through 55.1-345 upon payment by the
co-owner of his contributions.

HISTORY: 1962, c. 627, § 13, § 55-79.13; 1966, c. 683; 1973, c. 375; 2019, c.
712.