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PUBLIC LAW 88-218-DEC. 21, 1963

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elevations (or average elevation, in case of sliglit variance) from a fixed known point, of finished floors and of finished ceilings of such condominium units situate upon the same floor, and further expressing the area, the relationsliip of each unit to the other upon the same floor and their relationsliip to the common elements upon said floor; (3) the dimensions and lengths of the interior finished surface of walls, elevations, from said same fixed known point, of the finished floors and of the finished ceilings of the general conmion elements of the building, and, in proper case, of the limited common elements restricted to a given number of condominium units, expressing which are those units; (4) any other data necessary for the identification of the individual condominium units and the general and limited common elements. (b) And said cm-ners or co-owners may certify such condominium subdivisions under their hands and seals in the presence of two credible witnesses, upon the same plat or on a paper or a parchment attached thereto. And the same shall thereupon be put up, labeled, indexed, and preserved for record and deposit with the office of the suiTeyor for the District of Columbia in like manner as land subdivisions have been heretofore recorded or in such other books as the said surveyor may prescribe. SEC. 10. REFERENCE TO PLAT.—When a plat of a condominium project and subdivision shall be so certified, examined, and recorded, the l)urchaser of any condominium unit thereof or any person interested therein, may refer to the plat and record for description in the same manner as to squares and lots divided between the Commissioners and the original jjroprietors and in the same manner as has been heretofore the practice for land subdivisions: Provided. That said purchaser or other person interested therein shall also make reference to the plat of land subdivision appearing prior to the establishment of the condominium subdivision thereupon. Any such conveyance of an individual condominium unit shall be deemed to also convey the undivided interest of the owner in the common elements, both general and limited, and of any accessory units, if any, appertaining to said condominium unit without specifically or particularly referring to the same. SEC. 11. TERMINATION AND WAIVER OF REGIME.— (a)

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owners or the sole owner of a building constituted into a horizontal property regime may terminate and waive this regime and regroup or merge the individual and several condominium units with the l)rincipal property; such teiTuination and waiver shall be by certification to such eft'ect upon the plat of condominium subdivision establishing the particular horizontal property regime under the hands and seals of the said sole owner or co-owners, in the presence of two credible witnesses, ujx)!! the same plat or upon a paper or parchment attached thereto: Provided. That the said individual condominium units are unencumbered, or if encumbered, that the creditors in whose behalf the encumbrances are recorded agree to accept as security the undivided interest in the property of the debtor co-owner and said creditors or trustees under duly recorded deeds of trust, shall signify their assent to such termination and waiver upon the aforesaid plat, paper, or parchment: Provided further, That should the buildings or other improvements in a condominium project be more than twothirds destroyed by fire or other disaster, the co-owners of threefourths of the condominium project may waive and terminate the horizontal property regime and may certify to such termination and waiver: Provided further. That if within ninety days of the date of such damage or destiniction:

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