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§ 3609. Void lease or contract provisions

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§ 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.

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