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The actual law · West Virginia
West Virginia Unit Property Act (W. Va. Code ch. 36A) & Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (W. Va. Code ch. 36B), full text. This is the law your board answers to — read it yourself, then use the owner guides to see what it means in practice.
Legacy condominium-only act (cited as the "Unit Property Act" per section 1-1). Applies only to property submitted to it by a duly recorded declaration (section 1-3); condominiums created after Chapter 36B's effective date fall under 36B instead, and several 36B sections (e.g. sections 1-105, 1-106, 1-107, 3-116, 3-118) also reach back to apply to pre-existing 36A condominiums per 36B section 1-204.
Definitions
Records of receipts and expenditures; examination by owners; records of assessments
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Remedy for noncompliance with code of regulations, administrative provisions, etc
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The translation
The statute is the authority; the guides are the translation. Each one walks a real owner problem through the West Virginia sections that control it.
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Method of enforcing charges
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Mechanics' liens against units
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Controlling unified act governing condominiums, cooperatives, and planned communities (HOAs) created in West Virginia after the Act's effective date, and (for a specified list of sections) reaching back to communities created earlier. See section 1-201 through section 1-207 for the exact applicability/election rules versus the legacy Chapter 36A.
Definitions
Applicability to new common interest communities
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Applicability to preexisting common interest communities
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Powers of unit owners' association
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Meetings
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Assessments for common expenses
Lien for assessments
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