Condo liens need a recorded sworn claim; repair and improvement work follows the bylaws.
Montana's Unit Ownership Act (Title 70, chapter 23) has no section requiring an owner vote on special assessments. It says maintenance, repair, replacement, additions and improvements for common elements are carried out only as the bylaws provide, and the bylaws must say how owners' share of common expenses is collected. The Act applies only to property whose owners recorded a declaration under it.
MCA 70-23-504(1); 70-23-308(6); 70-23-103The Unit Ownership Act sets no notice period for assessments or owner meetings. It only requires the bylaws to say how owner meetings are called.
MCA 70-23-308(2)The manager must keep detailed, accurate records of receipts and expenditures affecting the common elements. You can examine these records, and the vouchers and receipts behind them, at the manager's place of business at convenient hours on weekdays. The section sets no deadline for responding.
MCA 70-23-606The association has a lien on your unit only after it records, in the county, a claim sworn to by someone with knowledge of the facts and stating the amount due. The lien ranks ahead of all other liens except tax and assessment liens and a first mortgage or trust indenture of record. Foreclosure must conform as nearly as possible to the lien foreclosure rules in Title 71, chapter 3, part 5, and the association can also sue for a money judgment without giving up the lien.
MCA 70-23-607; 70-23-608In Montana, the same rules cover condos and HOAs.
Summarised from the statutes in November 2026. Not legal advice; your declaration and bylaws may add more rules.