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Code · U.S. Code · Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE · CHAPTER 42— INTERSTATE LAND SALES · § 1701

§ 1701. Definitions

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For the purposes of this chapter, the term—
(1)“Director” means the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection;
(2)“person” means an individual, or an unincorporated organization, partnership, association, corporation, trust, or estate;
(3)“subdivision” means any land which is located in any State or in a foreign country and is divided or is proposed to be divided into lots, whether contiguous or not, for the purpose of sale or lease as part of a common promotional plan;
(4)“common promotional plan” means a plan, undertaken by a single developer or a group of developers acting in concert, to offer lots for sale or lease; where such land is offered for sale by such a developer or group of developers acting in concert, and such land is contiguous or is known, designated, or advertised as a common unit or by a common name, such land shall be presumed, without regard to the number of lots covered by each individual offering, as being offered for sale or lease as part of a common promotional plan;
(5)“developer” means any person who, directly or indirectly, sells or leases, or offers to sell or lease, or advertises for sale or lease any lots in a subdivision;
(6)“agent” means any person who represents, or acts for or on behalf of, a developer in selling or leasing, or offering to sell or lease, any lot or lots in a subdivision; but shall not include an attorney at law whose representation of another person consists solely of rendering legal services;
(7)“blanket encumbrance” means a trust deed, mortgage, judgment, or any other lien or encumbrance, including an option or contract to sell or a trust agreement, affecting a subdivision or affecting more than one lot offered within a subdivision except that such term shall not include any lien or other encumbrance arising as the result of the imposition of any tax assessment by any public authority;
(8)“interstate commerce” means trade or commerce among the several States or between any foreign country and any State;
(9)“State” includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States;
(10)“purchaser” means an actual or prospective purchaser or lessee of any lot in a subdivision;
(11)“offer” includes any inducement, solicitation, or attempt to encourage a person to acquire a lot in a subdivision; and
(12)“Bureau” means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
(Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1402, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 590; Pub. L. 93–383, title VIII, § 812(a), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 736; Pub. L. 96–153, title IV, § 401, Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1122; Pub. L. 100–628, title X, § 1089(a), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3283; Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1098A(4), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2105.)
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  • Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1402
  • 82 Stat. 590
  • Pub. L. 93–383, title VIII, § 812(a)
  • 88 Stat. 736
  • Pub. L. 96–153, title IV, § 401
  • 93 Stat. 1122
  • Pub. L. 100–628, title X, § 1089(a)
  • 102 Stat. 3283
  • Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1098A(4)
  • 124 Stat. 2105
  • Pub. L. 111–203, § 1098A(4)(A)
  • Pub. L. 111–203, § 1098A(4)(B)
  • Pub. L. 100–628
  • Pub. L. 96–153
  • Pub. L. 93–383, § 812(a)(1)
  • Pub. L. 93–383, § 812(a)(2)
  • Pub. L. 111–203
  • section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203
  • Pub. L. 96–153, title IV, § 410
  • 93 Stat. 1132
  • Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1423
  • 82 Stat. 599
  • Pub. L. 96–153, title IV, § 409
  • Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1401
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1402
Stat.82 Stat. 590
Pub. L.Pub. L. 93–383, title VIII, § 812(a)
Stat.88 Stat. 736
Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–153, title IV, § 401
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