Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

15 U.S.C. § 3609

Void lease or contract provisions

section 3607 of this titlesection 3608 of this titleAny 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.

Pub. L. 96–399, title VI, § 61094 Stat. 1678(, , .)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 3608 of this titlesection 618 of Pub. L. 96–399section 3601 of this titleSection 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 .