15 U.S.C. § 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, § 610 , Oct. 8, 1980 , 94 Stat. 1678 .) 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 .

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