EFFECT OF VIOLATIONS ON RIGHTS OF ACTION AND ATTORNEY'S FEES
Known as the Uniform Condominium Act
The act spans §§ 82–82 (66 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Mitchell v. LaFlamme (2000)
Most recently applied in Randy L. Yeske v. Piazza Del Arte, Inc., Swiss International, Inc., D/B/A Swiss Builders, Tino Bekardi, David E. Kassab and Paul Garnney (December 2016)
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 244, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) If a declarant or any other person subject to this chapter violates this chapter, the declaration, or the bylaws, any person or class of persons adversely affected by the violation has a claim for appropriate relief.
(b) The prevailing party in an action to enforce the declaration, bylaws, or rules is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs of litigation from the nonprevailing party.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.