Clarification Of Mich Condo Law

The answers to your questions will turn on the provisions of your master deed and the Michigan Condominium Act.  The master deed allocates responsibility for common elements. The association is responsible for general common elements but limited common elements, a category that usually included decks, are handled differently in different master deeds.  The master deed could have unit owners responsible for maintenance, repair and replacement of decks while giving the association substantial say in when and what has to be done. Two key points of the condo act: an association must have a reserve fund (although the minimum level is just 10% of the current annual budget), and mrr responsibilities allocated to the association cannot be shifted to unit owners without an amendment to the master deed with 2/3 approval of the members and of the first mortgage holders. A vote at an association meeting would not be effective for that. Randy Schipper