{"id":369433,"date":"2016-04-04T10:47:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T15:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/realestate\/owning-a-home\/timeshares.html"},"modified":"2024-08-19T12:10:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T17:10:40","slug":"timeshares","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/realestate\/owning-a-home\/timeshares.html","title":{"rendered":"Timeshare Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Timeshare Laws<\/h1>\n
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Welcome to the Timeshares section of FindLaw’s Real Estate Center. A timeshare is a unit that is shared by multiple parties who use it at different times for their annual vacations. A timeshare property is typically a condominium- or apartment-style structure suited to vacation ownership. Timeshare purchases are very popular in vacation spots. They allow partial ownership of a property used by each timeshare owner only for a fixed week or longer period of time.<\/p>\r\n

Several factors affect the ownership of timeshares, including:<\/p>\r\n