Title XXIX, OWNERSHIP AND CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY

448.030. Declaration, contents — amendments. — 1. The declaration shall set forth the following particulars: (1) The legal description of the parcel or parcels; (2) The legal description of each unit, which may consist of the identifying number or symbol of the unit as shown on t…

448.040. Declaration and plat to be recorded — plat, contents — amendment may be recorded, when. — Simultaneously with the recording of the declaration there shall be recorded a plat as defined in section 448.010, which plat shall be made by a registered Missouri land surveyor an…

448.050. Units can be conveyed — common elements, owned, how — units not to be separated or subdivided. — 1. Upon compliance with sections 448.020, 448.030 and 448.040, and upon recording of the declaration and plat, the property shall become subject to the provisions of sections…

448.060. Instrument affecting unit affects ownership of common elements. — Every deed, lease, mortgage or other instrument may legally describe a unit by its identifying number or symbol as shown on the plat and as set forth in the declaration, and every such description shall be…

448.070. Common elements to remain undivided — exceptions. — As long as the property is subject to the provisions of sections 448.005 to 448.210 the common elements shall, except as provided in section 448.140, remain undivided, and no unit owner shall bring any action for partit…

448.080. Common element costs to be paid by unit owners — unpaid amount to constitute lien — foreclosure. — 1. Every unit owner shall pay his proportionate share of the expenses of administration, maintenance and repair of the common elements and of any other expense lawfully agr…

448.090. Liens, against what — consent, how given. — 1. In the event any lien exists against two or more units and the indebtedness secured by such lien is due and payable, the unit owner of any unit so affected may remove the unit and the undivided interest in the common element…

448.100. Taxes, assessed and levied against units. — Real property taxes, special assessments, and any other special taxes or charges of the state of Missouri or of any political subdivision thereof, or other lawful taxing or assessing body, which are authorized by law to be asse…

448.110. Interest acquired by tax deed, subject to what. — In the event any person acquires or is entitled to the issuance of a tax deed conveying the interest of any unit owner, the interest so acquired shall be subject to all the provisions of sections 448.005 to 448.210 and to…

448.120. Insurance, how obtained — named insured — who adjusts — loss payable clause, form of — premiums, how paid. — The manager or the board of managers shall obtain insurance for the property against loss or damage by fire and such other hazards as are covered under standard e…

448.130. Insurance proceeds used for reconstruction — reconstruction defined. — In case of fire or any other disaster the insurance proceeds, if sufficient to reconstruct the building, shall be applied to such reconstruction. "Reconstruction of the building", as used in this and …

448.140. Insurance proceeds insufficient to reconstruct, effect. — In case of fire or other disaster, if the insurance proceeds are insufficient to reconstruct the building and the unit owners and all other parties in interest do not voluntarily make provision for reconstruction …

448.150. Sale of property, authorized, how — dissenting owner entitled to interest, value of interest defined. — Unless a greater percentage is provided for in the declaration or bylaws, and notwithstanding the provisions of sections 448.130 and 448.140, a majority of the unit ow…

448.160. Property removed from condominium law, how, effects. — All of the unit owners may remove the property from the provisions of sections 448.005 to 448.210 by an instrument to that effect, duly recorded if the holders of all liens affecting any of the units consent thereto …

448.170. Bylaws, amendments. — The administration of every property shall be governed by bylaws, which may either be embodied in the declaration or in a separate instrument, a true copy of which shall be appended to and recorded with the declaration. No modification or amendment …

448.180. Bylaws, contents. — The bylaws shall provide for at least the following: (1) The election from among the unit owners of a board of managers, the number of persons constituting such board, and that the terms of at least one-third of the members of the board shall expire a…

448.190. Managers may act for owners — actions — service of process — managers proper parties, when, duties. — 1. Whenever in sections 448.005 to 448.210, or in any declaration or bylaw executed in accordance with sections 448.005 to 448.210, the board of managers or the members …

448.195. Condemnation proceedings, board of managers to represent all unit owners. — Whenever the state, a political subdivision, or any other corporation, agency, or authority having the power of eminent domain shall seek to acquire any of the common elements of condominium prop…

448.200. Managers to keep records, open to owners. — The manager or board of managers, as the case may be, shall keep detailed, accurate records in chronological order of the receipts and expenditures affecting the common elements, specifying and itemizing the maintenance and rep…

448.210. Rule against perpetuities — restraints on alienation. — It is expressly provided that the rule of property known as the rule against perpetuities and the rule of property known as the rule restricting unreasonable restraints on alienation shall not be applied to defeat a…