2021 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 62 - Condominium and Cooperative Conversion Protection and Abuse Relief
Sec. 3609 - Void lease or contract provisions

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Citation 15 U.S.C. § 3609 (2021)
Section Name §3609. Void lease or contract provisions
Section Text

Any provision in any lease or contract requiring unit owners or the owners' association, in any conversion project involving a contract meeting the requirements of section 3607 of this title of in any project involving a lease meeting the requirements of section 3608 of this title, to reimburse, regardless of outcome, the developer, his successor, or affiliate of the developer for attorneys' fees or money judgments, in a suit between unit owners or the owners' association and the developer arising under the lease or agreement, is against public policy and void.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 96–399, title VI, §610, Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1678.)


Editorial Notes STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective Oct. 8, 1980, except that prohibition included in this section as it relates to a lease with respect to which a cause of action may be established under section 3608 of this title, shall be effective one year after Oct. 8, 1980, see section 618 of Pub. L. 96–399, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 62 - CONDOMINIUM AND COOPERATIVE CONVERSION PROTECTION AND ABUSE RELIEF
Sec. 3609 - Void lease or contract provisions
Contains section 3609
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 94 Stat. 1678
Public Law References Public Law 96-399
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