West Virginia Code
Article 2. Creation, Alteration and Termination of Common Interest Communities
§36B-2-101. Creation of Common Interest Communities

(a) A common interest community may be created pursuant to this chapter only by recording a declaration executed in the same manner as a deed and, in a cooperative, by conveying the real estate subject to that declaration to the association. The declaration must be recorded in every county in which any portion of the common interest community is located and must be indexed in the grantee's index in the name of the common interest community and the association and in the grantor's index in the name of each person executing the declaration.
(b) In a condominium, a declaration or an amendment to a declaration, adding units may not be recorded unless (i) all structural components and mechanical systems of all buildings containing or comprising any units thereby created are substantially completed in accordance with the plans, as evidenced by a recorded certificate of completion executed by an independent registered engineer, surveyor or architect.

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