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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 718
CONDOMINIUMS
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F.S. 718.119
718.119 Limitation of liability.
(1) The liability of the owner of a unit for common expenses is limited to the amounts for which he or she is assessed for common expenses from time to time in accordance with this chapter, the declaration, and bylaws.
(2) The owner of a unit may be personally liable for the acts or omissions of the association in relation to the use of the common elements, but only to the extent of his or her pro rata share of that liability in the same percentage as his or her interest in the common elements, and then in no case shall that liability exceed the value of his or her unit.
(3) In any legal action in which the association may be exposed to liability in excess of insurance coverage protecting it and the unit owners, the association shall give notice of the exposure within a reasonable time to all unit owners, and they shall have the right to intervene and defend.
History.s. 1, ch. 76-222; s. 6, ch. 77-221; s. 5, ch. 77-222; s. 857, ch. 97-102.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 718.119
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 718.119.



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TRINTEC CONSTRUCTION, INC. v. COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., 992 So. 2d 277 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

. . . . § 718.119(3), Fla. Stat. (2006) (emphasis added). . . . their statutory rights under Chapter 713, they can do so, and they have an absolute right under section 718.119 . . . personally liable for any obligation incurred by the Association beyond "the value of his or her unit.” § 718.119 . . .

FOUR JAY S CONSTRUCTION, INC. a v. MARINA AT THE BLUFFS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. a, 846 So. 2d 555 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003)

. . . trial court’s decision to dismiss the owners with prejudice, the Fifth District interpreted section 718.119 . . . Section 718.119, Florida Statutes, provides: (1) The liability of the owner of a unit for common expenses . . . The court summarized, The entire structure of section 718.119 points to the fact that this subsection . . . The court concluded that it was therefore unnecessary and, under section 718.119, improper to join the . . .

COOLEY, v. PHEASANT RUN AT ROSEMONT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., 781 So. 2d 1182 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . At that time former Chapter 711 was replaced by Chapter 718, and more specifically section 718.119, Florida . . . bound by any judgment in a tort victim’s favor, limited only by the language contained within section 718.119 . . . The entire structure of section 718.119 points to the fact that this subsection deals with the liability . . .

SENIORS CIVIL LIBERTIES ASSOCIATION, INC. J. v. KEMP, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,, 965 F.2d 1030 (11th Cir. 1992)

. . . §§ 718.115(2) ("payment of common expenses shall be collected by assessments against unit owners"), 718.119 . . .