As used in this act: 1. "Amendment" means a document that removes an unlawful restriction; 2. "Document" means a record recorded or eligible to be recorded in land records; 3. "Governing instrument" means a document recorded in land records that: a. establishes a governing body responsible for management of common areas or facilities used by more than one owner of a property interest affected by the document, and b. requires contribution, enforceable by a lien on a separate property interest, of a share of taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance, or improvement of, or services or other expenses for the common benefit of, the real property described in the document; 4. "Index" means a system that enables a search for a document in land records; 5. "Land records" means documents and indexes m
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As used in this act: 1. "Amendment" means a document that removes an unlawful restriction; 2. "Document" means a record recorded or eligible to be recorded in land records; 3. "Governing instrument" means a document recorded in land records that: a. establishes a governing body responsible for management of common areas or facilities used by more than one owner of a property interest affected by the document, and b. requires contribution, enforceable by a lien on a separate property interest, of a share of taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance, or improvement of, or services or other expenses for the common benefit of, the real property described in the document; 4. "Index" means a system that enables a search for a document in land records; 5. "Land records" means documents and indexes maintained by a recorder; 6. "Owner" means a person that has a fee interest in real property; 7. "Person" means an individual, estate, business or nonprofit entity, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or other legal entity; 8. "Record", used as a noun, means information: a. inscribed on a tangible medium, or b. stored in an electronic or other medium and retrievable in perceivable form; 9. "Recorder" means an officer authorized under other laws of this state to accept a document for recordation in land records; 10. "Remove" means eliminate any apparent or purportedly continuing effect on title to real property; and 11. "Unlawful restriction" means a prohibition, restriction, covenant, or condition in a document that purports to interfere with or restrict the transfer, use, or occupancy of real property: a. on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, or other personal characteristics, and b. in violation of other laws of this state or federal law.