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200709536 Declaration, and for services provided unit owners; charges for late payment of assessments and after notice and opportunity to be heard, assessments imposed upon unit owners for violation of the Declaration, By-Laws and Rules ofthe Association; and reasonable charges for the preparation and recording of amendments to the Declaration or statements of unpaid assessments levied or imposed by the Association are enforceable as assessments under this Section. If the assessment is payable in installments, the full amount of the assessment is a lien from the time the first installment of the assessment becomes due. 10.1 Priority of Liens. A lien under this Section is prior to all other liens and encumbrances on a unit except liens and encumbrances recorded before the recordation of the Declaration, a first mortgage or deed of trust on the unit recorded before the date on which the assessment sought to be enforced became delinquent, and liens for real estate taxes and other governmental assessments or charges against the unit. 10.2 Recording Declaration Effect. Recording of the Declaration constitutes record notice and perfection of the lien. Further recordation of any claim of any lien for assessment under this Section is not required. 10.3 Lien Extinguished Unless Enforced. A lien for unpaid assessments is extinguished unless proceedings to enforce the lien are instituted within three years after the full amount of the assessments becomes due. IDA Actions at Law; Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure. The Association may bring actions at law to recover sums for which Section 10.0 creates a lien, and the Association may take a Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure. 10.5 Attorney's Fees and Cost. A judgment or decree in any action brought under this Section shall include costs and reasonable attorney's fees for the prevailing party. 10.6 Statement of Unpaid Assessments. The Association, on written request, shall furnish to a lien holder, unit owner or person designated by a unit owner a reasonable statement setting forth the amount of unpaid assessments against his unit. The statement shall be furnished within 20 business days after receipt of the request and is binding on the Association, the Executive Board and every unit owner. ARTICLE XI. OTHER LIENS AFFECTING THE CONDOMINIUM 11.0 Effect of Recorded Judgment. Except as provided in Section 11.1, a legally recorded judgment for money against the Association is not a lien on the common elements but is a lien in favor of the judgment lien holder against all ofthe units in the condominium at the time the judgment was entered. Other property of a unit owner is not subject to the claims of a creditor of the Association. 11.1 Security Interest in Common Elements. If the Association has granted a mortgage, deed of trust or security interest in the common elements to a creditor of the Association, pursuant to Article XIII., the holder of that security interest must exercise its right against the common elements before its judgment lien on any unit may be enforced. 11.2 Lien Against Two or More Units. Whether perfected before or after the creation of the condominium, if a lien other than a deed of trust or mortgage becomes effective against two or more units, the unit owner of an affected unit may pay to the lien holder the amount of the lien attributable to his unit and the lien holder, on receipt of payment, shall promptly deliver a release of the lien covering that unit. The amount of the payment shall be proportioned to the ratio which that unit owner's common expense liability bears to the common expense liabilities of all unit owners whose units are subject to the lien. After payment, the - 11 -