(a) A condominium may be created pursuant to this chapter only by filing a declaration executed in the same manner as a deed with the judge of probate in every county in which any portion of the condominium is located.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 35-8A-201

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probate: Proving a will
(b) The judge of probate shall index the declaration of condominium in the grantee’s index in the name of the condominium and the association and in the grantor‘s index in the name of each person executing the declaration.
(c) A declaration or an amendment to a declaration adding units to a condominium is not effective unless all structural components and mechanical systems of all buildings containing or comprising any units thereby created are substantially complete, as evidenced by a recorded certificate of substantial completion of structural and mechanical systems executed by an independent registered engineer or independent registered architect.
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