District of Columbia Code
Subchapter III - Control and Governance of Condominiums
§ 42–1903.19. Merger or consolidation of condominiums

(a) Any 2 or more condominiums, by agreement of the unit owners as provided in subsection (b) of this section, may be merged or consolidated into a single condominium. Unless the agreement otherwise provides, if 2 or more condominiums merge or consolidate the resultant condominium shall be, for all purposes, the legal successor of all of the preexisting condominiums, and the operations or activities of all unit owners’ associations of the preexisting condominiums shall be merged or consolidated into a single unit owners’ association. The single unit owners’ association shall hold any power, right, obligation, asset, or liability of all preexisting unit owners’ associations.
(b) An agreement of 2 or more condominiums to merge or consolidate pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be evidenced by an agreement prepared, executed, recorded, and certified by the president of the unit owners’ association of each of the preexisting condominiums following approval by owners of units to which are allocated the percentage of votes in each condominium required to terminate the condominium.
(c)(1) A merger or consolidation agreement shall provide for the reallocation of the allocated interests in the new association among the units of the resultant condominium either by stating the reallocations or the formulas upon which the reallocations are based, or by stating the percentage of overall allocated interests of the new condominiums which are allocated to all of the units comprising each of the preexisting condominiums, and providing that the portion of the percentages allocated to each unit formerly comprising a part of the preexisting condominium must be equal to the percentages of allocated interests allocated to that unit by the condominium instruments of the preexisting condominium.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term “allocated interests” shall mean the individual interest in the common elements, the liability for common expenses, and the votes in the unit owners’ association that pertain to each unit.
(Mar. 29, 1977, D.C. Law 1-89, title III, § 319; as added Mar. 8, 1991, D.C. Law 8-233, § 2(mm), 38 DCR 261.)
1981 Ed., § 45-1859.
This section is referenced in § 42-1901.02.

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 42 - Real Property

Chapter 19 - Condominiums

Subchapter III - Control and Governance of Condominiums

§ 42–1903.01. Bylaws; recordation; unit owners’ association and executive board thereof; powers and duties; officers; amendment and contents thereof; responsibility for insurance on common elements

§ 42–1903.02. Control by declarant; limitations; contracts entered on behalf of unit owners; declarant to act where owners’ association or officers thereof not existent; graduated representation of unit owners in executive board; strict construction

§ 42–1903.03. Meetings; electronic notice

§ 42–1903.04. Meetings — Executive board; quorums

§ 42–1903.05. Allocation of votes within unit owners’ association; vote where more than 1 owner of unit; proxies; majority; provisions not applicable to units owned by association

§ 42–1903.06. Officers; disqualification

§ 42–1903.07. Maintenance, repair, etc., of condominiums; right of access for repair; liability for damages arising from exercise thereof; warranty against structural defects; limitations upon actions; bond or other security

§ 42–1903.08. Unit owners’ associations; powers and rights; deemed attorney-in-fact to grant and accept beneficial easements

§ 42–1903.08a. Condominium Association Advisory Council

§ 42–1903.09. Tort and contract liability of association and declarant; judgment liens against common property and individual units

§ 42–1903.10. Insurance obtained by association; notice to unit owners

§ 42–1903.11. Rights to surplus funds

§ 42–1903.12. Liability for common expenses; special assessments; proportionate liability fixed in bylaws; installment payment of assessments; when assessment past due; interest thereon

§ 42–1903.12a. Notice of intention to take legal action to collect past due amounts

§ 42–1903.13. Lien for assessments against units; priority; recordation not required; enforcement by sale; notice to delinquent owner and public; distribution of proceeds; power of executive board to purchase unit at sale; limitation; costs and attor...

§ 42–1903.14. Books, minutes, and records; inspection

§ 42–1903.15. Limitation on right of first refusal and other restraints on alienation; recordable statement of waiver of rights to be supplied promptly upon request

§ 42–1903.16. Warranty against structural defects; limitation for conversion condominiums; exclusion or modification of warranty

§ 42–1903.17. Statute of limitations for warranties

§ 42–1903.18. Master associations — Authorization; powers; rights and responsibilities of unit owners; election of executive board

§ 42–1903.19. Merger or consolidation of condominiums

§ 42–1903.20. Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements

§ 42–1903.21. Unit owners’ association as trustee