Law 18-00: what your syndic must actually do
General meeting, budget, accounts, archives: an overview of a co-ownership syndic's obligations in Morocco, and the questions to ask yours.
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In Morocco, the co-ownership of buildings is governed by law 18-00, since amended by law 106-12 and then law 30-24. It sets the framework every syndic, volunteer or professional, must work within.
The syndic acts for the association
The owners' association brings together every owner in the residence. It takes decisions at the general meeting, which appoints the syndic. The syndic is not the residence's boss: it carries out what owners voted for, and it is accountable.
Its main duties
- Carry out general meeting decisions and enforce the co-ownership rules.
- Run and maintain the building: common areas, equipment, contractor agreements.
- Keep the association's accounts and present them every year.
- Collect charges from each owner according to their share.
- Keep the archives: rules, plans, minutes, contracts, invoices.
- Represent the association in court and in civil matters.
Five questions to ask your syndic
- Are the residence's funds in an account in the association's name?
- Can I see the invoices behind each expense?
- When was the last general meeting, and where are its minutes?
- What is the total of unpaid charges, and what action is under way?
- Have maintenance contracts been put out to tender recently?
This article gives a general overview. For a specific situation, refer to the law and your co-ownership rules, or consult a legal professional.
