Ohio Code § 5311.23
Ohio Code § 5311.23. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5311.23.
(A) A declarant, developer, agent, or unit owner or any person entitled to occupy a unit
is liable in damages in a civil action for harm caused to any person or to the unit
owners association by that individual's failure to comply with any lawful provision
of the condominium instruments. (B) Any interested person, including a unit owners association, may commence an action
for a declaratory judgment to determine that person's legal relations under the condominium
instruments or to obtain an injunction against a declarant, developer, agent, unit
owner, or person entitled to occupy a unit who refuses to comply, or threatens to
refuse to comply, with a provision of the condominium instruments. (C) In connection with either type of action described in this section, one or more unit
owners may bring a class action on behalf of all unit owners. The lawful provisions of the condominium instruments, if necessary to carry out
their purposes, may be enforced in either type of action against the condominium property
or any person who owns or previously has owned any estate or interest in the condominium
property. (D) An action by the unit owners association under this section may be commenced by the
association in its own name, in the name of the board of directors, or in the name
of the association's managing agent.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5311.23
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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