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Quorum and majorities at the owners' meeting in Italy

Short answer

On first call the assembly is validly constituted with owners representing two thirds of the building's value and a majority of the participants, and a resolution needs a majority of those present representing at least half of the value. If the quorum is missing, the second call falls on a later day, within ten days, and needs one third of the value and one third of the participants, with approval by a majority of those present representing at least one third of the value.

What the law says

Original wording of the law (Italian). The summary and the notes around it are ours.

L'assemblea in prima convocazione è regolarmente costituita con l'intervento di tanti condomini che rappresentino i due terzi del valore dell'intero edificio e la maggioranza dei partecipanti al condominio. Sono valide le deliberazioni approvate con un numero di voti che rappresenti la maggioranza degli intervenuti e almeno la metà del valore dell'edificio. Se l'assemblea in prima convocazione non può deliberare per mancanza di numero legale, l'assemblea in seconda convocazione delibera in un giorno successivo a quello della prima e, in ogni caso, non oltre dieci giorni dalla medesima. L'assemblea in seconda convocazione è regolarmente costituita con l'intervento di tanti condomini che rappresentino almeno un terzo del valore dell'intero edificio e un terzo dei partecipanti al condominio. La deliberazione è valida se approvata dalla maggioranza degli intervenuti con un numero di voti che rappresenti almeno un terzo del valore dell'edificio.
Provision: Art. 1136, commi 1-3, c.c. · Official text

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What this means in practice

Further paragraphs of the same article require the second-paragraph majority for decisions such as appointing or removing the administrator, and, for innovations under art. 1120, first paragraph, a majority of those present representing two thirds of the value. The assembly cannot decide unless all those entitled were duly convened. Minutes are drawn up at every meeting and entered in the register kept by the administrator.

General information, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer in Italy before relying on it, and read your building's own documents: they can change how a rule applies.

Where Unitify fits

Unitify records how each owner votes and shows participation (units voted out of the units invited) and the result. Whether a meeting has a quorum and a decision passes is decided by the law above and your own rules; the record helps you check it.

How this works in Unitify

Questions and answers

What quorum and majorities does the law require at the owners' meeting in Italy?
On first call the assembly is validly constituted with owners representing two thirds of the building's value and a majority of the participants, and a resolution needs a majority of those present representing at least half of the value. If the quorum is missing, the second call falls on a later day, within ten days, and needs one third of the value and one third of the participants, with approval by a majority of those present representing at least one third of the value.
Where does this come from, and when was it checked?
The quotation is from Art. 1136, commi 1-3, c.c., at the official source linked on this page. It was last checked against that source on September 15, 2026.
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