Delaware § 81-220 Master associations

Delaware Statutes

§ 81-220 — Master associations

Delaware § 81-220

JurisdictionDelaware

Title25

PartCommon Interests and Ownership of Real Estate

Ch. 81DELAWARE UNIFORM COMMON INTEREST OWNERSHIP ACT

Subch.Creation, Alteration, and Termination of Common Interest

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Del. Code tit. 25, § 81-220 (2026).

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(a)If the declaration provides that any of the powers described in § 81-302 of this title are to be exercised by or may be delegated to a profit or nonprofit corporation that exercises those or other powers on behalf of one or more common interest communities or for the benefit of the unit owners of 1 or more common interest communities, all provisions of this chapter applicable to unit owners’ associations apply to any such corporation, except as modified by this section.

(b)Unless it is acting in the capacity of an association described in § 81-301 of this title, a master association may exercise the powers set forth in § 81-302(a)(2) of this title only to the extent expressly permitted in the declarations of common interest communities which are part of the master association or expr

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(a) If the declaration provides that any of the powers described in § 81-302 of this title are to be exercised by or may be delegated to a profit or nonprofit corporation that exercises those or other powers on behalf of one or more common interest communities or for the benefit of the unit owners of 1 or more common interest communities, all provisions of this chapter applicable to unit owners’ associations apply to any such corporation, except as modified by this section.

(b) Unless it is acting in the capacity of an association described in § 81-301 of this title, a master association may exercise the powers set forth in § 81-302(a)(2) of this title only to the extent expressly permitted in the declarations of common interest communities which are part of the master association or expressly described in the delegations of power from those common interest communities to the master association.

(c) If the declaration of any common interest community provides that the executive board may delegate certain powers to a master association, the members of the executive board have no liability for the acts or omissions of the master association with respect to those powers following delegation.

(d) The rights and responsibilities of unit owners with respect to the unit owners’ association set forth in §§ 81-303, 81-308, 81-309, 81-310, and 81-312 of this title apply in the conduct of the affairs of a master association only to persons who elect the board of a master association, whether or not those persons are otherwise unit owners within the meaning of this chapter.

(e) Even if a master association is also an association described in § 81-301 of this title, the certificate of incorporation or other instrument creating the master association and the declaration of each common interest community, the powers of which are assigned by the declaration or delegated to the master association, may provide that the executive board of the master association must be elected after the period of declarant control in any of the following ways:

(1) All unit owners of all common interest communities subject to the master association may elect all members of the master association’s executive board.

(2) All members of the executive boards of all common interest communities subject to the master association may elect all members of the master association’s executive board.

(3) All unit owners of each common interest community subject to the master association may elect specified members of the master association’s executive board.

(4) All members of the executive board of each common interest community subject to the master association may elect specified members of the master association’s executive board.