Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§1681p Jurisdiction of courts; limitation of actions

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 41— - CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES › § 1681p

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

You may sue in any U.S. court, regardless of the amount, but you must file by the earlier of 2 years after you discover the violation or 5 years after it happened.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §1681p

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An action to enforce any liability created under this subchapter may be brought in any appropriate United States district court, without regard to the amount in controversy, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, not later than the earlier of— (1)
(2)5 years after the date on which the violation that is the basis for such liability occurs.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2003—Pub. L. 108–159 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “An action to enforce any liability created under this subchapter may be brought in any appropriate United States district court without regard to the amount in controversy, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, within two years from the date on which the liability arises, except that where a defendant has materially and willfully misrepresented any information required under this subchapter to be disclosed to an individual and the information so misrepresented is material to the establishment of the defendant’s liability to that individual under this subchapter, the action may be brought at any time within two years after discovery by the individual of the misrepresentation.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2003 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 108–159 subject to joint

Regulations

establishing

Effective Date

s as prescribed by Federal Reserve Board and Federal Trade Commission, except as otherwise provided, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108–159, set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective upon the expiration of one hundred and eighty days following Oct. 26, 1970, see section 504(d) of Pub. L. 90–321, as added by Pub. L. 91–508, set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

15 U.S.C. § 1681p

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73