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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="11B-102" title_number="11B" title_name="Maryland Homeowners Association Act" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as expressly provided in this title, the provisions of this title apply to all homeowners associations that exist in the State after July 1, 1987.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The provisions of §§ 11B-105 and 11B-108 of this title do not apply to the initial sale of lots within the development to members of the public if on July 1, 1987:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>More than 50 percent of the lots included within or to be included within the development have been sold under a bona fide arm’s length contract to members of the public who intend to occupy or rent the lots for residential purposes; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Less than 100 lots included within or to be included within the development have not been sold under a bona fide arm’s length contract to members of the public who intend to occupy or rent the lots for residential purposes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The provisions of § 11B-110 of this title do not apply to common area improvements substantially completed before July 1, 1987.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The provisions of § 11B-105 of this title do not apply to developments containing 12 or fewer lots or in which 12 or fewer lots remain to be sold as of July 1, 1987.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Except as provided in § 11B-101(f) of this title, this title does not apply to any property which is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Part of a condominium regime governed by Title 11 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Part of a cooperative housing corporation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>To be occupied and used for nonresidential purposes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>For any contract for the sale of a lot that is entered into before July 1, 1987, the provisions of §§ 11B-105, 11B-106, 11B-107, and 11B-108 of this title do not apply.</text>
  </level>
</section>
