The more compelling position taken by community associations, and reflected in the legislative amendments to section 718.116, is that the second sentence of section 718.116(1)(a) unequivocally states that all unit owners, without exception, are jointly and severally liable with the previous owner for all unpaid assessments that came due up to the time of transfer of title. It is questionable whether courts will follow the reasoning and statutory interpretation of the foreclosure purchasers. In addition, foreclosure purchasers take the position that had the legislature intended for owners who acquire title through foreclosure sale to be liable for a previous ownerвЂ™s assessments, the legislature would have included the italicized language of the first sentence of the statute in the second sentence. Purchasers who acquire their property through a foreclosure sale assert that the foreclosure judgment forecloses, and thus bars any claim for unpaid assessments against them. The principal controversy surrounding this statute is whether the Florida legislature intended to make a purchaser who acquired the property via foreclosure ( i.e., not subject to the first mortgage) jointly and severally liable with the previous owner for all unpaid assessments. This liability is without prejudice to any right the owner may have to recover from the previous owner the amounts paid by the owner.2 that came due up to the time of transfer of title.

Additionally, a unit owner is jointly and severally liable with the previous owner for all unpaid assessments that came due up to the time of transfer of title. Florida Statute В§ 718.116(1)(a) provides:ДЄ unit owner, regardless of how his or her title has been acquired, including by purchase at a foreclosure sale or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, is liable for all assessments which come due while he or she is the unit owner.

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