Section 19: Charge on property for common expenses
The Kerala Apartment Ownership Act, 1983State Act of Kerala · Act 5 of 1984
All sums assessed by the Association of Apartment Owners but unpaid for the share of the common expenses chargeable to any apartment shall constitute a charge on such apartment and shall have priority over all other charges, except only—
(i) charge, if any, on the apartment for payment of taxes due to the Government or a local authority; and
(ii) all sums unpaid on a first mortgage of the apartment.