Persistent non-payment of common expenses is a statutory ground for a forced sale of the unit

Rule record · last verified 20 September 2026

In force. Start date not confirmed in this record.

Rule

Persistent non-payment of common expenses (3 times within 2 years, after a lawsuit cause arises) is one of three statutory grounds on which other owners can apply to court to force the sale of an owner's unit.^[1]

Exceptions

None material — read directly from primary legislation. Real-world frequency of this remedy actually being used was not researched (no case data found).

Where this rule comes from

Instrument: Condominium Ownership and Construction Servitude Law, No. 35/2010, Article 27(1), (3)
Authority: Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi), TRNC
Jurisdiction: Turkish Cypriot administration (TRNC)
Basis: Legislation · asserted by us within this jurisdiction
Verification: Primary source verified. We read the primary text ourselves on 20 September 2026.
Legal review: Not yet reviewed by a named legal reviewer. Marked for priority review.

Editorial note

Where the underlying research recorded an uncertainty, it appears in this rule's own Exceptions section, not omitted.

History of this rule

20 September 2026 — Published following Founder approval (decision recorded 2026-09-20, by the Founder). (version 1, First published)

Sources for this rule

Numbered in order of first use. Each entry names the kind of source it is and the day we read it.

[1]
Condominium Ownership and Construction Servitude Law, No. 35/2010
Assembly of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Meclisi), TRNC · Legislation and gazettes · original in Turkish · accessed 20 September 2026 · source record

Cite this record

https://northcyprusreference.com/en/rules/condominium-unpaid-common-expenses-forced-sale-ground

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