15 USC § 3609 - Void lease or contract provisions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s3609"
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title: "15 USC § 3609 - Void lease or contract provisions"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "3609"
section_name: "Void lease or contract provisions"
chapter_number: 62
chapter_name: "CONDOMINIUM AND COOPERATIVE CONVERSION PROTECTION AND ABUSE RELIEF"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–399, title VI, § 610, Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1678.)"
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# § 3609. Void lease or contract provisions

section 3607 of this titlesection 3608 of this title

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  of in any project involving a lease meeting the requirements of , 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.

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

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , 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 , shall be effective one year after , see , set out as a note under .