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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
If, before final subdivision approval has been granted, any person transfers or sells or agrees to sell, except pursuant to an agreement expressly conditioned on final subdivision approval, as owner or agent, any land which forms a part of a subdivision for which the Township's approval is required, such person shall be subject to a penalty of $1,000. Each lot disposition shall be deemed a separate violation.
In addition to the foregoing, the Township may institute and maintain a civil action for injunctive relief and to set aside and invalidate any conveyance made pursuant to such a contract or sale if a certificate of compliance has not been issued in accordance with law by the Township.
In any such action, the transferee, purchaser or grantee is entitled to a lien upon the portion of the land from which the subdivision was made that remains in the possession of the developer or his or her assigns or successors to secure the return of any deposits made or purchase price paid and, also, a reasonable search fee, survey expense and title closing expense, if any. Any such action must be brought within two years after the date of the recording of the instrument of transfer, sale or conveyance of said land or within six years, if unrecorded.