(a) This article shall apply to all property which is submitted to this article. This article shall also apply to any association of owners subject to a recorded declaration of covenants upon property, which covenants are administered by an owners' association in which membership is mandatory for all owners of lots in the development, which declaration is amended in accordance with Code Section 44-3-222 in order to submit the property owners' association to this article; provided, however, that any amendment must conform the instrument creating the property owners' association to this article, and the property owners' development shall thereafter be deemed to be submitted to this article.
(b) This article shall not apply to associations created pursuant to Article 3 of this chapter, the "Georgia Condominium Act," except to the extent that a property owners' development created under this article includes a condominium, together with other real property, as provided in paragraph (9) of Code Section 44-3-221.
(c) This article shall not be construed to affect the validity of any instrument recorded before or after July 1, 1994, but benefits derived from or based upon this article may only be claimed by developments submitted to this article.
Section: Previous 44-3-222 44-3-223 44-3-224 44-3-225 44-3-226 44-3-227 44-3-228 44-3-229 44-3-230 44-3-231 44-3-232 44-3-233 44-3-234 44-3-235Last modified: October 14, 2016