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30 <br /> issued by a duly authorized officer of the Association as to the status of all Assessments on a Lot <br /> shall be binding upon the Association as of the date of its issuance. <br /> Section 8.08 Effect of Nonpayment of Assessments: Remedies of the Association. <br /> In the event any Owner shall fail to pay any Assessment within thirty (30) days after the due <br /> date, such Assessment shall bear interest from the due date at the rate of eighteen percent(18%) <br /> per annum or the maximum legal rate, whichever is less, and shall be subject to a late payment <br /> charge, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, not to exceed Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) <br /> or the maximum legal rate, whichever is less. The Association or its managing agent or other <br /> representative may bring an action or proceeding against the Owner personally obligated to pay <br /> the same to collect such delinquent Assessment, together with any accrued Charges, or to <br /> foreclose the Association's lien against the Lot against which the Assessment was levied. For <br /> purposes of this Section, the amount of any delinquent Assessment, plus accrued Charges, shall <br /> be considered evidenced by this Section and, therefore, evidence of indebtedness shall hereby <br /> exist. No Owner may waive or otherwise escape liability for any Assessment or Charge by non- <br /> use of any Common Elements or by non-use,abandonment, sale or transfer of his or her Lot. <br /> Section 8.09 Subordination of the Association's Lien to Mortp-ages. The <br /> Association's lien for Assessments provided for in this Article shall be subordinate to the lien of <br /> any first priority deed of trust or mortgage. The sale or transfer of any Lot shall not affect or <br /> impair the Association's lien for any Assessment. However, the sale or transfer of any Lot <br /> pursuant to a mortgage foreclosure sale, or transfer of title to the mortgagee in lieu thereof, shall <br /> extinguish the Association's lien for any Assessment and Charge which became due and payable <br /> prior to the date of such foreclosure sale or transfer to a mortgagee in lieu thereof. -No such sale <br /> or transfer shall, however, relieve or release any Lot from liability for any Assessments or <br /> Charges thereafter becoming due or from the lien thereof. <br /> Section 8.10 Exempt Property. The Common Elements shall be exempt from the <br /> lien of any Assessment. Any Lot which Declarant shall hereafter designate for common use as <br /> part of the Common Elements, and any part of the Property granted to or used solely by a utility <br /> for the purpose of providing utility services to the Property, or any part thereof, shall be exempt <br /> from the lien of any Assessment. <br /> Section 8.11 Working Capital Contributions and Working Ca vital Fund. At the <br /> closing of the initial sale of each Lot and the residential building constructed thereon by a builder <br /> to any Person(s) other than such builder or Declarant as provided in Section 8.07, the purchaser <br /> of such Lot and the residential building thereon shall pay to the Association, at closin a one- <br /> time Working Capital Contribution in the amount o <br /> . Each such Working Capital Contribution shall be deposited by the Association into a <br /> Working Capital Fund maintained by the Association. The purpose of the Association's <br /> Working Capital Fund shall be to ensure that the Association shall have adequate cash available <br /> to meet unforeseen expenses and/or acquire additional equipment and/or services as deemed <br /> necessary or desirable by the Board of Directors. Working Capital Contributions shall not be <br /> considered to be advance payments of any Assessments and shall not be credited in reduction of <br /> any Assessments. <br /> 20 <br />