§ 559.101 Short title
§ 559.102 Meanings of words and phrases
§ 559.103 Definitions; A to C
§ 559.104 Definitions; C
§ 559.105 Definitions; C
§ 559.106 Definitions; C to G
§ 559.107 Definitions; L to M
§ 559.108 “Master deed” defined
§ 559.109 Definitions; P
§ 559.110 Definitions; R to T
§ 559.111 Offering residential condominium for sale; compliance with occupational code required
§ 559.115 Construction or interpretation of act
§ 559.121 Offering condominium unit or project for sale; liabilities and penalties; duties of developer; compliance by association of co-owners
§ 559.131 Condominium project containing convertible area; contents of master deed
§ 559.132 Expandable condominium project; contents of master deed
§ 559.133 Contractable condominium project; contents of master deed
§ 559.134 Leasehold condominium project; lease terms; required contents of master deed; termination of co-owner’s leasehold interest by lessor prohibited
§ 559.135 Easements; creation; description; contents
§ 559.136 Addition of undivided interests in land as common elements; tenancy of co-owners; condominium unit on lands prohibited; description in master deed
§ 559.137 Allocation to condominium unit of undivided interest in common elements proportionate to percentage of value assigned; statement, table, exhibit, or schedule in master deed; formula; basis of realloca
§ 559.138 Creation of condominium units within convertible or additional lands; allocation of interests in common elements; amended master deed and condominium subdivision plan; revised schedule
§ 559.139 Assignment and reassignment of limited common elements; application; amendment to master deed
§ 559.140 Easement for encroachment
§ 559.141 Conversion of convertible area into condominium units or common elements; amendment; identifying number; allocating portion of undivided interest; description of limited common elements
§ 559.143 Expansion, contraction, or conversion of land or space; time of occurrence; consolidating master deed
§ 559.144 Transferable easement as to common elements for purpose of making improvements
§ 559.145 Offices, model units, and other facilities; maintenance; costs; restoration of facilities
§ 559.146 Restrictions and covenants
§ 559.147 Improvements or alterations by co-owners
§ 559.147a Persons with disabilities; improvements or modifications by co-owner to facilitate access or movement; alleviation of hazardous conditions
§ 559.148 Relocation of boundaries between adjoining condominium units
§ 559.149 Subdivision of condominium units
§ 559.150 Termination of condominium project or amendment of master deed by developer
§ 559.151 Termination of condominium project by agreement of developer and unaffiliated co-owners
§ 559.152 Advisory committee of nondeveloper co-owners; establishment; meeting with condominium project board of directors; cessation; right to elect directors; formula; recording consolidating master deed; cop
§ 559.153 Bylaws governing administration of condominium project; amendments; recording
§ 559.154 Bylaws; mandatory provisions; allocation of votes; dispute, claim, or grievance; applicability of subsections (8), (9), and (10)
§ 559.155 Voiding service contract and management contract
§ 559.156 Bylaws; permissible provisions
§ 559.156a Displaying United States flag on condominium unit; applicability of section
§ 559.157 Books, records, contracts, and financial statements; examination; audit or review; opt-out of requirements of subsection (2)
§ 559.158 Acquisition of title by foreclosure of first mortgage; liability for assessments
§ 559.159 Submission of property with mortgage of record
§ 559.160 Action on behalf of and against co-owners
§ 559.161 Condominium unit as sole property
§ 559.162 Ownership of condominium unit
§ 559.163 Rights of co-owner
§ 559.164 Conveyance and other instruments affecting title to condominium unit; description of unit; recordation
§ 559.165 Compliance with master deed, bylaws, rules, and regulations
§ 559.166 Condominium subdivision plan; preparation; signature and seal; contents; recording; structures and improvements to be completed by developer
§ 559.167 Change in condominium project; amendment; replat of condominium subdivision plan; right of withdrawal; reversion of undeveloped land to general common elements; election, notice, and recording require
§ 559.168 Availability of condominium documents
§ 559.169 Assessment of common expenses; contribution of co-owner
§ 559.171 Notice of proposed action
§ 559.171a Rules applicable to condominium project not served by public water and public sewers; submission of plan to department of public health; approval or rejection
§ 559.172 Establishment of condominium project; sale of condominium unit before master deed recorded prohibited; exception; substantial failure of master deed to comply with act; marketability of title
§ 559.172a Recordation of master deed; creation of time-share unit; amendment of documents as material alteration
§ 559.172b Air space over fee
§ 559.173 Recordation of master deed and amendment; certification by treasurer; filing copy of master deed with local supervisor or assessing officer; filing architectural plans and specifications or affidavit
§ 559.174 Delivery and retention of condominium subdivision plan; recordation of consolidating master deed
§ 559.181 Service of process
§ 559.181a Promotional material; labeling structure or improvement “need not be built.”
§ 559.183 Preliminary reservation agreement; use; condominium buyer’s handbook; placing payment in escrow; cancellation of agreement; refund; treating payment as if made under purchase agreement
§ 559.184 Section inapplicable to business condominium unit; withdrawal from signed purchase agreement; depositing and retaining funds in escrow; contents of purchase agreement; waiver of right of withdrawal; f
§ 559.184a Providing copies of listed documents to prospective purchaser of condominium unit; amendment to purchase agreement and condominium documents; signature on form as evidence; providing prospective purch
§ 559.185 Liquidated damages in case of default; actual damages; receipt of escrowed funds
§ 559.188 Offering for sale and entering into purchase agreement with respect to condominium unit proposed to be included within additional land of expandable condominium or within convertible land without reco
§ 559.190 Amendment of condominium documents; consent; void provision superseded by subsection (2); reservation of right to amend; notice of proposed amendments; costs and expenses; master deed amendment; affir
§ 559.190a Voting procedures
§ 559.191 Recording of amendment to recorded condominium document required; copy to co-owner
§ 559.194 Title insurance policy
§ 559.195 Revision of condominium subdivision plan; altering percentage of value; revisions in percentage of value per condominium unit
§ 559.203b Section inapplicable to business condominium unit; release of deposits or amounts retained in escrow; conditions; substantial completion; furnishing escrow agent with evidence of adequate security in
§ 559.204 Conversion condominium project; notice; termination of tenancy
§ 559.204a Terminating tenancy of certain persons without cause prohibited; criteria; notice
§ 559.204b Definitions; applicability of section; notice of right to elect extended lease arrangement; election; extended lease arrangement provisions; number of years lease renewable; notice by developer enteri
§ 559.204d Developer not required to offer extended lease arrangement; conditions; compliance
§ 559.204e Legislative intent; examination of relevant information; recommendation
§ 559.205 Reserve fund
§ 559.206 Default by co-owner; relief
§ 559.207 Action to enforce terms and provisions of condominium documents; action for injunctive relief or damages
§ 559.208 Assessment lien; priority; foreclosure; bid; actions; receiver
§ 559.209 Liability for torts
§ 559.211 Sale or conveyance of condominium unit; payment and statement of unpaid assessments; liability for unpaid assessments
§ 559.212 Renting or leasing condominium unit; disclosure; review of lease form; notice; compliance required; action by association upon noncompliance; notice of arrearage; deduction of arrearage and future ass
§ 559.213 Financing
§ 559.214 Homestead exemption
§ 559.215 Action by person or association adversely affected by violation of or failure to comply with act, rules, agreement, or master deed; costs; violation of MCL 559.121 or 559.184a; liability
§ 559.221 Mobile home condominium project; establishment, operation, and regulation; compliance
§ 559.222 Mobile home condominium project; disclosure
§ 559.222a Mobile home conversion condominium project; notification of tenants; termination of tenancy
§ 559.222b Extended lease arrangement
§ 559.223 Mobile home condominium project; leasing agreements
§ 559.224 Title to mobile home condominium site; undivided interest in common elements; removal of mobile home; sale of site
§ 559.227 Compliance by developer of mobile home condominium; prohibited requirements
§ 559.231 Special assessments and property taxes
§ 559.232 Construction lien; limitations
§ 559.233 Eminent domain
§ 559.234 Recreational facilities and other amenities; compliance
§ 559.235 Successor developer
§ 559.237 Obligations of developer not affected by transfer of interest
§ 559.239 Complaint for nonpayment of assessments; answer; set off
§ 559.240 Reproduction of document; certified reproduction or certification as evidence
§ 559.241 Law, ordinance, or regulation of local unit of government; limitations
§ 559.242 Promulgation of rules, forms, and orders; definition of terms
§ 559.244 Contract to settle by arbitration; execution; option; period of limitations; allocation of costs; conduct; appointment of arbitrator; procedures; rules; arbitration award as binding
§ 559.245 Complaint copy to developer; notice of available remedies
§ 559.250 Discretionary powers of administrator; exercise
§ 559.256 Prohibited representations
§ 559.258 Prohibited conduct as misdemeanor; penalty; violation as separate offense; consecutive terms of imprisonment; aggregate fines; action by prosecuting attorney or department of attorney general
§ 559.259 Injunction
§ 559.270 Effect of act and 1982 amendatory act; consummation of proceedings; continuation or institution of proceedings
§ 559.271 Repeal of MCL 559.1 to 559.31
§ 559.272 Effective date; requirements for disclosure statement
§ 559.273 Applicability of amendatory act; applicability of certain subsections
§ 559.275 Powers of administrator
§ 559.276 Statute of limitations
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 559 > Act 59 of 1978 - Condominium Act

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • grantee: may be construed as including every person to whom any such interest or estate passes in like manner. See Michigan Laws 8.3e
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • grantor: may be construed as including every person from or by whom any estate in lands passes in or by any deed. See Michigan Laws 8.3e
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
  (a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o