§ 3609. — Void lease or contract provisions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC3609]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 62--CONDOMINIUM AND COOPERATIVE CONVERSION PROTECTION AND ABUSE
RELIEF
Sec. 3609. Void lease or contract provisions
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.
(Pub. L. 96-399, title VI, Sec. 610, Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1678.)
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 3610, 3611 of this title.
