Section 13.1 Taxes. Each Unit Owner shall pay without abatement, deduction, or offset, all real and personal property taxes, general and special assessments, including local improvement assessments, and other charges of every description levied on or assessed against his Unit, or personal property located on or in the Unit. The Association shall likewise pay without abatement, deduction, or offset, all of the foregoing taxes, assessments, and charges levied or assessed against the Common Elements.

 

Section 13.2 Non-Waiver. No waiver of any breach of this Declaration or failure to enforce any covenant of this Declaration shall constitute a waiver of any other breach, whether of the same or any other covenant, condition, or restriction.

 

Section 13.3 Attorneys' Fees. In the event of a suit or action to enforce any provision of this Declaration or to collect any money due hereunder or to foreclose a lien, the unsuccessful party in such suit or action shall pay to the prevailing party all costs and expenses, including title reports, and all attorney's fees that the prevailing party has incurred in connection with the suit or action, in such amounts as the court may deem to be reasonable therein, and also including all costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees incurred in connection with any appeal from the decision of a trial court or any intermediate appellate court.

 

Section 13.4 No Abandonment of Obligation. No Unit Owner, through his non-use of any Common Element, or by abandonment of his Unit, may avoid or diminish the burdens or obligations imposed by this Declaration.

 

Section 13.5 Captions. The captions of the various articles, sections and paragraphs of this Declaration are for convenience of use and reference only and do not define, limit, augment, or describe the scope, content or intent of this Declaration or any parts of this Declaration.

 
Section 13.6 Severability. Invalidation of any one of these covenants, conditions, restrictions,
easements, or provisions by judgment or court order shall in no way affect any other of the same, all of which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 13.7 Notices. All notices, demands, or other communications ("Notices") permitted or required to be given by this Declaration shall be in the form of a record, in a tangible medium, or in an electronic transmission in accordance with RCW 64.90.515. If mailed, the Notice shall be by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid and shall be deemed given three days after the date of mailing thereof, or on the date of actual receipt, if sooner. Notices provided by electronic transmission shall be deemed effective according to the requirements of RCW 64.90.515. All other Notices shall be deemed given on the date of actual receipt. Notice in a tangible medium to a Unit Owner must be addressed to the Unit address unless the Unit Owner has requested, in a record delivered to the Association, that Notices be sent to an alternate address or by other method allowed by this Declaration. If there is more than one Unit Owner of a Unit, Notice to any one such Unit Owner shall be sufficient. The address of Declarant and of the Association shall be given to each Unit Owner at or before the time he becomes a Unit Owner. If the address of Declarant or the Association shall be changed, Notice shall be given to all Unit Owners.

 

Section 13.8 Indemnification. The Association shall indemnify every officer and director authorized to act on behalf of the Association by the Board or by this Declaration against any and all expenses, including counsel fees, reasonably incurred by, or imposed upon, any officer and director in connection with any action, suit or proceeding if approved by the then Board to which he or she may be a party by reason of being or having been an officer and director. The officers and directors shall not be liable for any mistakes of judgment, negligent or otherwise, except for their own individual willful misfeasance, malfeasance, misconduct, or bad faith. The officers and directors shall have no personal liability with respect to any contract or other commitment made by them, in good faith, on behalf of the Association (except to the extent that such officers and directors may also be members of the Association), and the Association shall indemnify and forever hold each officer and director free and harmless against any and all liability to others on account of any such contract or commitment. The Association shall, as a Common Expense, maintain adequate general liability and officers' and directors' liability insurance to fund this obligation.

 

Section 13.9 Applicable Law. This Declaration shall be construed in all respects under the laws of the State of Washington.