Montana law · Montana Unit Ownership Act -- Condominiums

§ 70-23-506, MCA

Compliance with bylaws, rules, and covenants required -- action

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What this section does for you

Requires compliance with condo bylaws, adopted rules, and declaration covenants, and frames noncompliance as grounds for an action by the association or an aggrieved owner, not a self-executing fine.
Owner guide: Fines & violations in Montana
Requires compliance with bylaws, adopted rules, and declaration covenants, and makes violations grounds for an action by the association or an aggrieved owner.
Owner guide: Architectural review in Montana
Ties condo enforcement to rules adopted pursuant to the bylaws and gives an aggrieved unit owner, not just the association, the right to sue over a violation.
Owner guide: Selective enforcement in Montana

The statutory text

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70-23-506. Compliance with bylaws, rules, and covenants required -- action. Except as provided in 70-1-522, each unit owner shall comply with the bylaws and with the rules adopted pursuant to the bylaws and with the covenants, conditions, and restrictions in the declaration or in the deed to the owner's unit. Failure to comply with the bylaws, rules, covenants, conditions, and restrictions is grounds for an action maintainable by the association of unit owners or by an aggrieved unit owner. History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 120, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 67-2313; amd. Sec. 2163, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 307, L. 2009.