Carniello v. Second Horizons Condominium Ass'n

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

The primary issue in this case concerns the validity of a so-called “assessment lien” imposed on June 26, 2009 in favor of a condominium association on a unit purchased by Lazaro Núñez and Jeimy Salazar on June 2, 2004. The lien was for $4,051.74 incurred in repairing the air-conditioner on May 16, 2003, when it was owned and occupied by Tania Carniello. We find no basis for the establishment of a lien on the property, so as to burden a subsequent purchaser of the unit for those expenses, and therefore reverse to that extent the judgment on appeal.

The parties differ as…