(a) Without limiting the right of any co-owner, actions may be brought on behalf of 2 or more of the unit owners, as their respective interests may appear, by the manager, or board of directors, or of administration with respect to any cause of action relating to the common elements or more than 1 unit.
(b) Service of process on 2 or more unit owners in any action relating to the common elements may be made on the person designated in the bylaws in conformity with § 42-2014(a)(7).
(c) In the event of entry of a final judgment as a lien against 2 or more unit owners, the unit owners of the separate units may remove their unit and their percentage interest in the common elements from the lien thereof by payment of the fractional proportional amounts attributable to each of the units affected. Said individual payment shall be computed by reference to the percentage established pursuant to § 42-2006. After such partial payment, partial discharge, or release or other satisfaction, the unit and its percentage interest in the common elements shall thereafter be free and clear of the lien of such judgment.
(d) Such partial payment, satisfaction, or discharge shall not prevent such a judgment creditor from proceeding to enforce his rights against any unit and its percentage interest in the common elements not so paid, satisfied, or discharged.
(Dec. 21, 1963, 77 Stat. 459, Pub. L. 88-218, § 24; Aug. 21, 1964, 78 Stat. 586, Pub. L. 88-475, § 1(e).)
1981 Ed., § 45-1724.
1973 Ed., § 5-924.
This section is referenced in § 42-2014.
Supersedure of chapter: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 42-2001.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Chapter 20 - Horizontal Property Regimes
§ 42–2003. Establishment by subdivision
§ 42–2004. Transfer of individual units; incidents of real property; recordation
§ 42–2005. Joint tenancies, tenancies in common, tenancies by the entirety
§ 42–2007. Indivisibility of common elements; limitation upon partition; exception thereto
§ 42–2008. Use of elements held in common; right to enter units for certain repairs
§ 42–2009. Plat of condominium subdivision — Contents thereof; certification and recordation
§ 42–2012. Merger no bar to reconstitution
§ 42–2014. Plat of condominium subdivision — Necessary; modification of administration
§ 42–2015. Books of receipts and expenditures; availability for examination; annual audit
§ 42–2017. Priority of liens; unpaid assessments upon sale or conveyance
§ 42–2027. Subchapter supplements existing code provisions; exception where conflict arises
§ 42–2028. Regulations of Council and Zoning Commission; enforcement thereof
§ 42–2030. Right to individual water meters; common water service authorized; billing and collection
§ 42–2031. Authority vested in Board of Commissioners unaffected; delegation of functions