---
title: "Letter on allocation of public-accommodation duties"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/us-ada-allocation-letter"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a10-us-ada-allocation-letter"
area_id: "A10"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A10-T1-R7", "A10-B7-4"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Letter on allocation of public-accommodation duties

> A letter asking the other party to a commercial lease to state how responsibility under 28 CFR part 36 is allocated. It does not decide that the premises are a place of public accommodation.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/us-ada-allocation-letter  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Commercial Property & Leasing](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for United States.

## When to use it

Use when a lease is being negotiated or enforced and neither draft says who will do the work required by 28 CFR part 36. Send it only if counsel has decided the premises may be a place of public accommodation.

## Used for these tasks

- [Review a received lease and produce a tenant or landlord advice table](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-property-and-leasing/review-a-received-lease-and-produce-a-tenant-or-landlord-advice-table.md)
- [Draft a plain-English lease summary for a tenant client](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-property-and-leasing/draft-a-plain-english-lease-summary-for-a-tenant-client.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may list the physical items the lawyer names and address the letter. The lawyer decides whether section 36.201 applies and what allocation to propose.

**AI may:**

- List only the items the lawyer has seen or has been told are in issue
- Quote subsection (b) rather than paraphrase it into a waiver
- Flag a sentence that says one party has no duty to the public

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide that the premises are a place of public accommodation
- Must not say that a private allocation ends either party's duty under the regulation
- Must not send the letter

**The lawyer checks:**

- Counsel has read the definition of place of public accommodation before the letter goes
- The proposed allocation is as between the parties
- The letter matches the lease clause, or it says the lease is silent

## Authorities

- [28 CFR § 36.201(a) and (b) (both the landlord and the tenant are subject to the part; allocation between them may be by lease or other contract)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/36.201)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/us-ada-allocation-letter and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*