---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1716"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "1716"
heading: "Unlawful representations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1716"
units:
  - "Chapter 42 — Interstate Land Sales"
---

# §1716. Unlawful representations


The fact that a statement of record with respect to a [subdivision](/usc/15/1701.md?p=3) has been filed or is in effect shall not be deemed a finding by the [Director](/usc/15/1701.md?p=1) that the statement of record is true and accurate on its face, or be held to mean the [Director](/usc/15/1701.md?p=1) has in any way passed upon the merits of, or given approval to, such [subdivision](/usc/15/1701.md?p=3). It shall be unlawful to make, or cause to be made, to any prospective [purchaser](/usc/15/1701.md?p=10) any representation contrary to the foregoing.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1417, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 598; Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1098A(1), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2105.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–203 substituted “Director” for “Secretary” in two places.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 552a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

### Effective Date

Section effective upon the expiration of two hundred and seventy days after Aug. 1, 1968, see section 1423 of Pub. L. 90–448, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.