Utah Code § 57-8a-232

Sale of common areas
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(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Condemnor" means the same as that term is defined in Section 78B-6-520.3.
(b) "Under threat of condemnation" means the same as that term is defined in Section
78B-6-520.3.
(2) Subject to Subsection 10-20-809(5) or 17-79-709(5), unless otherwise provided in the
governing documents, an association may by an affirmative vote of at least 67% of the voting
interests of the association, elect to sell, convey, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all or part of
the common areas.
(3) An affirmative vote described in Subsection (2) is binding upon all lot owners, and each lot
owner shall execute and deliver the appropriate instruments and perform all acts as necessary
to effect the sale, conveyance, transfer, or other disposition of the common areas.
(4) The general easement of ingress, egress, and use of the common areas and facilities granted
to an association and lot owners through recorded governing documents is extinguished in any
portion of the common areas the association sells, conveys, transfers, or otherwise disposes of,
if:
(a) the lot owners, in selling, conveying, transferring, or otherwise disposing of the portion of the
common areas, comply with:
(i) the provisions of this section; and
(ii) Section 10-20-809 or 17-79-709; and
(b) the sale, conveyance, transfer, or other disposition of the portion of the common areas results
in a person other than the association owning the portion of the common areas.
(5) This section applies to an association regardless of when the association is created.
(6) A declarant may not sell or otherwise encumber any part of the common areas during the
period of administrative control, except:
(a) as provided in Section 10-20-809 or 17-79-709; or
(b) if the declarant sells or otherwise encumbers a part of the common areas and facilities that
are under threat of condemnation to a condemnor.
(7) Unless otherwise prohibited by the association's governing documents, an authorized
representative of the association may act as attorney-in-fact for the association's lot owners in
executing a sale, conveyance, transfer, or other disposition of the common areas following an
affirmative vote described in Subsection (2).

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