Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60
§77m Limitation of Actions
Title 15 › Chapter 2A— SECURITIES AND TRUST INDENTURES › Subchapter I— DOMESTIC SECURITIES › § 77m
Summary
You must file a lawsuit under section 77k or 77l(a)(2) within one year after you discover an untrue statement or omission, or within one year after you should have discovered it. For section 77l(a)(1), you must file within one year after the violation. In any case, no suit under 77k or 77l(a)(1) can be brought more than three years after the security was actually offered to the public, and no suit under 77l(a)(2) more than three years after the sale.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §77m
Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No action shall be maintained to enforce any liability created under section 77k or 77l(a)(2) of this title unless brought within one year after the discovery of the untrue statement or the omission, or after such discovery should have been made by the exercise of reasonable diligence, or, if the action is to enforce a liability created under section 77l(a)(1) of this title, unless brought within one year after the violation upon which it is based. In no event shall any such action be brought to enforce a liability created under section 77k or 77l(a)(1) of this title more than three years after the security was bona fide offered to the public, or under section 77l(a)(2) of this title more than three years after the sale.
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Amendments
1998—Pub. L. 105–353 substituted “77l(a)(2)” for “77l(2)” in two places and “77l(a)(1)” for “77l(1)” in two places. 1934—Act June 6, 1934, substituted “one year” for “two years”, “three years” for “ten years”, and inserted “or under section 77l(2) of this title more than three years after the sale”.
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15 U.S.C. § 77m
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60