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32 <br /> demand, and for a reasonable charge, furnish a certificate signed by an officer of the Association <br /> setting forth whether the assessments on a specified Lot have been paid. <br /> Section 11. EFFECT OF NONPAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND REMEDIES OF <br /> THE ASSOCIATION. Any assessment not paid within thirty (30) days after the due date shall be <br /> delinquent, in default, and shall bear interest from the due date at the highest rate then permitted <br /> by North Carolina law not to exceed twelve (12%) per annum. The Association may bring an <br /> action at law against the Owner, who shall be personally obligated to pay the same plus interest, <br /> costs, late payment charges and reasonable attorneys' fees, or foreclose the lien against the Lot. <br /> No Owner may waive or otherwise escape liability for the assessments provided for herein by <br /> non-use of the Common Areas or abandonment of his Lot. <br /> The lien herein granted unto the Association shall be enforceable pursuant to Article 2A <br /> of Chapter 45 of the General Statutes from and after the time of recording a Claim of Lien in the <br /> Office of the Clerk of Superior Court 111 the County in which the Property is located in the <br /> manner provided therefore by Article 8 of Chapter 44 of the North Carolina General Statutes, <br /> which claim shall state the description of the Lot encumbered thereby, the name of the record <br /> owner, the amount due and date when due. The claim of lien shall be recordable any time after <br /> thirty (30) days after the due date of the assessment or any installment thereof and the lien shall <br /> continue in effect until all sums secured by said lien as herein provided shall have been fully <br /> paid. Such claims of lien shall include all assessments which are due and payable when the <br /> claim of lien is recorded, plus interest, costs, late charges, attorneys' fees, advances to pay taxes <br /> and prior encumbrances and interest thereon, all as above provided. Such claims of lien shall be <br /> signed by an officer or agent of the Association. Upon full payment of all sums secured by such <br /> claim of lien,the same shall be satisfied of record. <br /> Section 12. SUBORDINATION OF THE LIEN TO MORTGAGES. The lien of the <br /> assessments provided for herein shall be subordinate to the lien of any first mortgage. Sale or <br /> transfer of any Lot shall not affect the assessment lien. However, the sale or transfer of any <br /> Lot pursuant to mortgage foreclosure or any proceeding in lieu thereof, shall extinguish the lien <br /> of such assessments as to payments which became due prior to such sale or transfer, but shall <br /> not relieve the Owner oof the Lot at the time of the assessment from personal liability. No sale or <br /> transfer shall relieve such Lot from liability for any assessments thereafter becoming due or from <br /> the lien of such assessments. <br /> ARTICLE VII <br /> INSURANCE <br /> Section 1. INSURANCE TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE ASSOCIATION. The <br /> following insurance coverage shall be maintained in full force and effect by the Association: <br /> (a) Public liability and property damage insurance 111 such amounts and in such forms <br /> as shall be required by the Association, but public liability shall be an amount of at least One <br /> Million and no/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for each occurrence. <br /> (b) All liability insurance shall contain cross-liability endorsements to cover liability <br /> of the Owners as a group to an individual Owner. <br />