(a) Each apartment owner shall be entitled to an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities in the percentage expressed in the declaration. Such percentage shall be computed by taking as a basis the value of the apartment in relation to the value of the property.
(b) The percentage of the undivided interest of each apartment owner in the common areas and facilities as expressed in the declaration shall have a permanent character and shall not be altered without the consent of all of the apartment owners expressed in an amended declaration duly recorded. The percentage of the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall not be separated from the apartment to which it appertains and shall be deemed to be conveyed or encumbered with the apartment even though such interest is not expressly mentioned or described in the conveyance or other instrument.
(c) The common areas and facilities shall remain undivided and no apartment owner or any other person shall bring any action for partition or division of any part thereof, unless the property has been removed from the provisions of sections 515.01 to 515.29 as provided in sections 515.16 and 515.26. Any covenant to the contrary shall be null and void.
(d) Each apartment owner may use the common areas and facilities in accordance with the purpose for which they were intended without hindering or encroaching upon the lawful rights of the other apartment owners.
(e) The necessary work of maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common areas and facilities and the making of any additions or improvements thereto shall be carried out only as provided herein and in the bylaws.
(f) The association of apartment owners shall have the irrevocable right, to be exercised by the manager or board of directors, to have access to each apartment from time to time during reasonable hours as may be necessary for the maintenance, repair, or replacement of any of the common areas and facilities therein or accessible therefrom, or for making emergency repairs therein necessary to prevent damage to the common areas and facilities or to another apartment or apartments.
1963 c 457 s 6
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests
Chapter 515 — Minnesota Condominium Act
Section 515.04 — Status Of The Apartments.
Section 515.05 — Ownership Of Apartments.
Section 515.06 — Common Areas And Facilities.
Section 515.07 — Compliance With Covenants, Bylaws, And Rules.
Section 515.08 — Certain Work Prohibited.
Section 515.09 — Liens Against Apartments; Removal; Part Payment.
Section 515.10 — Common Profits And Expenses.
Section 515.11 — Contents Of Declaration.
Section 515.12 — Contents Of Deeds Of Apartments.
Section 515.13 — Copy Of The Floor Plans To Be Filed.
Section 515.14 — Blanket Mortgage Lien On Apartment When First Conveyed.
Section 515.16 — Removal From Provisions Of Sections 515.01 To 515.29.
Section 515.17 — Removal No Bar To Subsequent Resubmission.
Section 515.175 — Incorporation Of Association.
Section 515.19 — Contents Of Bylaws; Annual Meeting, Report.
Section 515.195 — When First Officers' Terms End; Contract Restrictions.
Section 515.20 — Record Of Receipts And Expenses Available To Owners.
Section 515.21 — Owner Abandonment, Waiver Of Use, Does Not Avert Liability.
Section 515.215 — Disclosure Requirements To Apartment Purchasers.
Section 515.22 — Separate Taxation.
Section 515.23 — Priority Of Lien.
Section 515.24 — Joint, Several Liability Of Buyer, Seller; Common Expense.
Section 515.26 — Disposition Of Property Where It Is Damaged By Fire Or Other Disaster.