2015 Utah Code
Title 57 - Real Estate
Chapter 8 - Condominium Ownership Act
Section 7.2 - Scope -- Designation of certain areas.

57-8-7.2. Scope -- Designation of certain areas.

• (1) Unless otherwise provided in the declaration, this section applies to a unit if the declaration designates a wall, floor, or ceiling as a boundary of the unit.

• (2)
  • (a) The following are part of a unit:
    • (i) lath;
    • (ii) furring;
    • (iii) wallboard;
    • (iv) plasterboard;
    • (v) plaster;
    • (vi) paneling;
    • (vii) tiles;
    • (viii) wallpaper;
    • (ix) paint;
    • (x) finished flooring; and
    • (xi) any other material constituting part of the finished surface of a wall, floor, or ceiling.
  • (b) Any portion of a wall, floor, or ceiling not listed in Subsection (2)(a) is part of the common areas and facilities.

• (3) If a chute, flue, duct, wire, conduit, bearing wall, bearing column, or any other fixture lies partially within and partially outside the designated boundaries of a unit:
  • (a) any portion of an item described in this Subsection (3) serving only that unit is part of the limited common areas and facilities; and
  • (b) any portion of an item described in this Subsection (3) is part of the common areas and facilities if the item serves:
    • (i) more than one unit; or
    • (ii) any portion of the common areas and facilities.

• (4) Subject to Subsection (3), the following within the boundaries of a unit are part of the unit:
  • (a) spaces;
  • (b) interior partitions; and
  • (c) other fixtures and improvements.

• (5) The following, if designated to serve a single unit but located outside the unit's boundaries, are limited common areas and facilities allocated exclusively to a unit:
  • (a) a shutter;
  • (b) an awning;
  • (c) a window box;
  • (d) a doorstep;
  • (e) a stoop;
  • (f) a porch;
  • (g) a balcony;
  • (h) a patio;
  • (i) an exterior door;
  • (j) an exterior window; and
  • (k) any other fixture.

Enacted by Chapter 290, 2004 General Session