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Statutes› Title 27A› Article 001› § 1-204

Title 27A : Vermont Common Interest Ownership Act (1994)

Article 001 : General Provisions

(Cite as: 27A V.S.A. § 1-204)

  • § 1-204. Preexisting common interest communities

    (a)(1) Unless excepted under section 1-203 of this title, the following sections and subdivisions of this title apply to a common interest community created in this State before January 1, 1999: sections 1-103, 1-105, 1-106, 1-107, 2-103, 2-104, and 2-121, subdivisions 3-102(a)(1)–(6) and (11)–(16), and sections 3-111, 3-116, 3-118, 4-109, and 4-117 to the extent necessary to construe the applicable sections. The sections and subdivisions described in this subdivision apply only to events and circumstances occurring after December 31, 1998, and do not invalidate existing provisions of the declarations, bylaws, plats, or plans of those common interest communities.

    (2) Unless excepted under section 1-203 of this title, the following sections of this title apply to a common interest community created in this State before January 1, 1999: sections 1-206 and 2-102, subdivisions 2-117(h) and (i), and sections 2-124, 3-103, 3-108, 3-110, and 3-124. The sections and subdivisions described in this subdivision apply only to events and circumstances occurring after December 31, 2011, and do not invalidate existing provisions of the declarations, bylaws, plats, or plans of those common interest communities.

    (3) Unless excepted under section 1-203 of this title, section 3-125 of this title shall apply to all common interest communities that contain 12 or more units that may be used for residential purposes created in this State on or before January 1, 2011. Section 3-125 applies only to events and circumstances occurring after June 30, 2026, and does not invalidate existing provisions of the declarations, bylaws, plats, or plans of those common interest communities.

    (b) If a planned community created within this State before January 1, 1999, contains no more than 24 units and is not subject to development rights, it is subject only to sections 1-105, 1-106, and 1-107 of this title unless the declaration is amended in conformity with applicable law and with the procedures and requirements of the declaration to take advantage of the provisions of section 1-206 of this title, in which case all the sections and subdivisions enumerated in subsection (a) of this section apply to that planned community. (Added 1997, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; amended 2009, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2012; 2011, No. 75 (Adj. Sess.), § 107, eff. March 7, 2012; 2025, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. July 1, 2026.)