Section 47-7-6 - Common areas and facilities. - New Mexico Statutes

47-7-6. Common areas and facilities.

A.     Each unit owner shall be entitled to an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities in the percentage established by the declaration. The percentage shall be computed by taking as a basis the value of the particular unit in relation to the value of the whole property.   

B.     The percentage of the undivided interest of each unit owner in the common areas and facilities as established by the declaration shall be permanent and shall not be altered without the consent of all of the unit owners expressed in an amended declaration duly recorded. The percentage of the undivided interest in the common areas and facilities shall not be separated from the unit to which it is appurtenant and shall be deemed to be conveyed or encumbered with the unit even though the interest is not expressly mentioned or described in a conveyance or other instrument.   

C.     The common areas and facilities shall remain undivided, and no unit owner or any other person shall bring any action for partition or division, unless the property has been removed from the provisions of the Building Unit Ownership Act as provided in Sections 47-7-17 and 47-7-27 NMSA 1978. Any covenant to the contrary is unenforceable.   

D.     Each unit owner may use the common areas and facilities, in accordance with the purpose for which they were intended, without hindering or encroaching upon the lawful rights of the other unit owners.   

E.     The necessary work of maintenance, repair and replacement of the common areas and facilities and the making of any additions or improvements thereto shall be carried out only as provided in the Building Unit Ownership Act and in the bylaws.   

F.     The association of unit owners shall have the irrevocable right, exercisable by the manager or board of directors, of access to each unit from time to time during reasonable hours as may be necessary for the maintenance, repair or replacement of any of the common areas and facilities therein or accessible therefrom, and for making emergency repairs necessary to prevent damage to the common areas and facilities or to another unit.