18 U.S.C. § 2335 — Limitation of actions
submitted 34 years ago by Pub. L. 102-572 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 98 words · no verdicts yet
This section generally requires a damages suit under section 2333 to start within 10 years after the claim arose. It excludes certain periods when the defendant was absent or hidden from that calculation.
(a) In General.— Subject to subsection (b), a suit for recovery of damages under section 2333 of this title must not be maintained unless commenced within 10 years after the date the cause of action accrued. (b) Calculation of Period.— The time of the absence of the defendant from the United States or from any jurisdiction in which the same or a similar action arising from the same facts may be maintained by the plaintiff, or of any concealment of the defendant’s whereabouts, must not be included in the 10-year period set forth in subsection (a).
Subject to subsection (b), a suit for recovery of damages under section 2333 of this title shall not be maintained unless commenced within 10 years after the date the cause of action accrued.
The time of the absence of the defendant from the United States or from any jurisdiction in which the same or a similar action arising from the same facts may be maintained by the plaintiff, or of any concealment of the defendant’s whereabouts, shall not be included in the 10-year period set forth in subsection (a).
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 102–572, title X, § 1003(a)(4), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4523; amended Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, § 1251(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2017.)
- 1992Enacted · Pub. L. 102-572 · 106 Stat. 4523
- 2013Amended · Pub. L. 112-239 · 126 Stat. 2017
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 102-572 on 1992-10-29.
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