New Hampshire law · New Hampshire Condominium Act

RSA 356-B:15

Compliance With Condominium Instruments

Covered in 3 owner guides

What this section does for you

Ties every condo enforcement action to the "lawful provisions" of the chapter and the condominium instruments, lets any aggrieved unit owner sue over noncompliance, and shifts costs and attorney's fees to whoever wins.
Owner guide: Fines & violations in New Hampshire
Preserves an owner's ordinary right to sue over an assessment believed to be wrong, alongside (not instead of) the lien-enforcement process.
Owner guide: Foreclosure & liens in New Hampshire
Ties every condo enforcement action to the "lawful provisions" of the chapter and the condominium instruments, and shifts costs and fees to the prevailing party — the framework inconsistent enforcement runs against.
Owner guide: Selective enforcement in New Hampshire

The statutory text

Verbatim from the public record. The law itself is a government work — always confirm the current version on the official source before you rely on it.

I. The declarant, the board of directors, every unit owner, and all those entitled to occupy a unit shall comply with all lawful provisions of this chapter and all provisions of the condominium instruments. Any lack of such compliance shall be grounds for an action or suit to recover sums due, for damages or injunctive relief, or for any other remedy available at law or in equity, maintainable by the unit owners' association, or by its board of directors or any managing agent on behalf of such association, or, in any proper case, by one or more aggrieved unit owners on their own behalf or as a class action. II. The prevailing party shall be entitled to all costs and attorneys' fees incurred in any proceeding under RSA 356-B:15, I. Source. 1977, 468:1. 1997, 228:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. 2014, 224:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.