Horizontal Property Act
New Jersey · Property · §§ 46:8A-1 to 46:8A-9 · 29 sections
Overview
The Horizontal Property Act governs condominium-style ownership, allowing a property to be divided into separately owned apartments held alongside common elements that belong to all owners in common and cannot be partitioned. A regime is created by recording a master deed or lease together with plot and building plans identifying each apartment, and the property is then administered by a council of co-owners under bylaws that set the system of administration, allocate common expenses, and back unpaid assessments with a lien enforceable against the apartment and its later purchasers. The act further covers insurance, repair or reconstruction after fire or other damage, separate tax assessment of individual apartments, termination of the regime through waiver and merger, and the conversion of rental units to condominiums, including the notices, purchase offers, and disclosures owed to existing tenants.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-1Short title
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-10Plans to be attached to master deed
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-11Description of individual apartments
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-12Waiver of regime
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-13Merger no bar to reconstitution
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-14By-laws; inserting or appending to master deed
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-15Necessary contents of by-laws; modification of system; recordation
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-16Books of receipts and expenditures; availability for examination
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-17Council of co-owners; access to apartments
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-18Contributions for payment of expenses of administration and maintenance
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-19Compliance with by-laws; damages or injunctive relief for noncompliance
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-2Definitions
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-20Liens for labor or materials
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-21Priority of liens
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-22Joint and several liability of purchaser and seller for payment of assessments; purchaser's recovery; statement of amount due by seller
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-23Insuring building and common elements against risks
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-24Application of insurance proceeds to reconstruction; pro rata distribution in certain cases; rules governing reconstruction
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-25Building costs in excess of insurance proceeds
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-26Taxes, assessments and charges; valuation of apartments; exemptions or deductions
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-27Incorporation
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-28Partial invalidity
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-3Horizontal property regimes; mergers
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-3.1Organization of two or more regimes as nonprofit corporation; application of act
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-4Status of apartments within horizontal property regime
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-5Joint tenancies; tenancies in common; tenancies by the entirety
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-6Ownership of apartments; of common elements; value
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-7Indivisibility of common elements
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-8Use of elements held in common
- N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:8A-9Recordation of master deed; matters to be set forth in deed
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