Tennessee § 66-27-405 - Termination of contracts and leases of declarant.
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§ 66-27-405. Termination of contracts and leases of declarant.
If entered into before the board of directors elected by the unit owners pursuant to § 66-27-403(e) takes office, any contract or lease between the association and a declarant or an affiliate of a declarant, unless the contract or lease exercises a development right or a special declarant right, or any other contract or lease that was not disclosed in the declaration or otherwise in writing prior to the first conveyance of a unit to a party other than the declarant, and at the time entered into was unconscionable to the unit owners under the circumstances then prevailing, may be terminated without penalty by the association at any time after the board of directors elected by the unit owners pursuant to § 66-27-403(e) takes office, upon not less than ninety (90) days notice to the other party. This section does not apply to any lease, the termination of which would terminate the condominium or reduce its size, unless the real estate subject to that lease was included in the condominium for the purpose of avoiding the right of the association to terminate a lease under this section. This section applies only to condominiums containing units restricted to residential purposes. Acts 2008, ch. 766, § 1.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 66-27-405 ("Termination of contracts and leases of declarant.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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