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Terms Used In Texas Property Code 82.101

  • Association: means the unit owners' association organized under § 82. See Texas Property Code 82.003
  • Condominium: means a form of real property with portions of the real property designated for separate ownership or occupancy, and the remainder of the real property designated for common ownership or occupancy solely by the owners of those portions. See Texas Property Code 82.003
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Declarant: means a person, or group of persons acting in concert, who:
    (A) as part of a common promotional plan, offers to dispose of the person's interest in a unit not previously disposed of; or
    (B) reserves or succeeds to any special declarant right. See Texas Property Code 82.003
  • Unit: means a physical portion of the condominium designated for separate ownership or occupancy, the boundaries of which are described by the declaration. See Texas Property Code 82.003

A unit owners’ association must be organized as a profit or nonprofit corporation. The declarant may not convey a unit until the secretary of state has issued a certificate of incorporation under Article 3.03, Texas Business Corporation Act, or Article 3.03, Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-3.03, Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes). The membership of the association at all times consists exclusively of all the unit owners or, following termination of the condominium, all former unit owners entitled to distribution of proceeds, or the owners’ heirs, successors, or assigns.