Where does this come from, and when was it checked?

The quotation is from Ley 675 de 2001, art. 42, at the official source linked on this page. It was last checked against that source on October 2, 2026.

Legal reference

Remote and electronic voting by owners in Colombia

Short answer

Yes. The assembly can meet when owners, their representatives or delegates deliberate and decide by simultaneous or successive communication, through any means, as long as it can be proved and the quorum required for the case is met. For successive communication the fiscal auditor attests that the messages followed one another immediately.

What the law says

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

Siempre que ello se pueda probar, habrá reunión de la asamblea general cuando por cualquier medio los propietarios de bienes privados o sus representantes o delegados puedan deliberar y decidir por comunicación simultánea o sucesiva de conformidad con el quórum requerido para el respectivo caso. En este último caso, la sucesión de comunicaciones deberá ocurrir de manera inmediata de acuerdo con el medio empleado, de lo cual dará fe el revisor fiscal de la copropiedad.

Provision: Ley 675 de 2001, art. 42 · Official text

Last verified: October 2, 2026

Also relevant

Las decisiones previstas en este artículo no podrán tomarse en reuniones no presenciales, ni en reuniones de segunda convocatoria, salvo que en este último caso se obtenga la mayoría exigida por esta ley.

Provision: Ley 675 de 2001, art. 46, parágrafo · Official text

What this means in practice

Unequivocal proof must remain of who sent each message, what it said and at what hour, together with the copy of the convocation. Decisions by written communication are valid when all owners were convened and each states the sense of the vote, and they are ineffective if an owner does not take part. Decisions that need the 70 per cent majorities of art. 46 cannot be taken at a non-presential meeting. Official opinions on virtual meetings are not binding, so a particular case is a question for the building's lawyer.

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

Where Unitify fits

Unitify records votes and keeps the result. It does not run video meetings of its own and does not by itself satisfy an identification or signature rule of your law. Whether a vote taken this way counts depends on the law above and on your own rules.

How this works in Unitify

Questions and answers

Can owners vote remotely or electronically in Colombia?: Yes. The assembly can meet when owners, their representatives or delegates deliberate and decide by simultaneous or successive communication, through any means, as long as it can be proved and the quorum required for the case is met. For successive communication the fiscal auditor attests that the messages followed one another immediately.
Where does this come from, and when was it checked?: The quotation is from Ley 675 de 2001, art. 42, at the official source linked on this page. It was last checked against that source on October 2, 2026.

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