[§514B-156] 
Pets.  (a)  Any
unit owner who keeps a pet in the owner's unit pursuant to a provision in the
bylaws which allows owners to keep pets or in the absence of any provision in
the bylaws to the contrary, upon the death of the animal, may replace the
animal with another and continue to do so for as long as the owner continues to
reside in the owner's unit or another unit subject to the same bylaws.



(b)  Any unit owner who is keeping a pet pursuant to subsection (a),
as of the effective date of an amendment to the bylaws which prohibits owners
from keeping pets in their units, shall not be subject to the prohibition but
shall be entitled to keep the pet and acquire new pets as provided in
subsection (a).



(c) 
The bylaws may include reasonable restrictions or prohibitions against
excessive noise or other problems caused by pets on the property and the
running of pets at large in the common areas of the property.  No animals
described as pests under section 150A-2, or animals prohibited from importation
under section 141-2, 150A-5, or 150A-6 shall be permitted.



(d)  Whenever the bylaws do not prohibit unit owners from keeping
animals as pets in their units, the bylaws shall not prohibit the tenants of
the unit owners from keeping pets in the units rented or leased from the
owners; provided that:



(1)  A unit owner consents in writing to allow the
unit owner's tenant to keep a pet in the unit;



(2)  A tenant keeps only those types of pets that may
be kept by unit owners.



The bylaws may allow each owner or tenant to keep
only one pet in the unit.



(e) 
Any amendments to the bylaws that provide for exceptions to pet
restrictions or prohibitions for preexisting circumstances shall apply equally
to unit owners and tenants.



(f)  Nothing in this section shall prevent an
association from immediately acting to remove vicious animals to protect
persons or property. [L 2004, c 164, pt of §2]