Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§3610 Relationship of statutory provisions to State and local laws

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 62— - CONDOMINIUM AND COOPERATIVE CONVERSION PROTECTION AND ABUSE RELIEF › § 3610

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

State and local governments may make and enforce laws about condominiums, cooperatives, and conversion projects, as long as those laws do not weaken or conflict with the consumer protection rules set by this chapter. If, during the three-year period following October 8, 1980, a state or local government passed a law saying the chapter’s provisions do not apply there, then those provisions do not apply in that jurisdiction except for section 3608 and the lease-related ban in section 3609 when a claim can be brought under section 3608.

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Title 15, §3610

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Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prevent or limit the authority of any State or local government to enact and enforce any law, ordinance, or code with regard to any condominium, cooperative, or conversion project, if such law, ordinance, or code does not abridge, deny, or contravene any standard for consumer protection established under this chapter. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the provisions of this chapter, except for the application of section 3608 of this title and the prohibition included in section 3609 of this title as it relates to a lease with respect to which a cause of action may be established under section 3608 of this title, shall not apply in the case of any State or local government which has the authority to enact and enforce such a law, ordinance, or code, if, during the three-year period following October 8, 1980, such State or local government enacts a law, ordinance, or code, or amendments thereto, stating in substance that such provisions of this chapter shall not apply in that State or local government jurisdiction.

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15 U.S.C. § 3610

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73