15 USC § 1711 - Limitation of actions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1711"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 1711 - Limitation of actions"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1711"
section_name: "Limitation of actions"
chapter_number: 42
chapter_name: "INTERSTATE LAND SALES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1412, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 596; Pub. L. 96–153, title IV, § 406, Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1131.)"
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# § 1711. Limitation of actions

**(a)** **Section 1703(a) violations** No action shall be maintained under section 1709 of this title with respect to—

**(1)** a violation of subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2)(D) of section 1703 of this title more than three years after the date of signing of the contract of sale or lease; or

**(2)** a violation of subsection (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), or (a)(2)(C) of section 1703 of this title more than three years after discovery of the violation or after discovery should have been made by the exercise of reasonable diligence.

**(b)** **Section 1703(b) to (e) violations** section 1709 of this titlesection 1703 of this title

No action shall be maintained under  to enforce a right created under subsection (b), (c), (d), or (e) of  unless brought within three years after the signing of the contract or lease, notwithstanding delivery of a deed to a purchaser.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–448, title XIV, § 1412, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 596; Pub. L. 96–153, title IV, § 406, Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1131.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1979— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted provisions setting forth limitations relating to any action maintained under , for provisions setting forth limitations relating to any action maintained to enforce any liability created under section 1709(a) or (b)(2) of this title, and added subsec. (b).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on effective date of regulations implementing such amendment, but in no case later than six months following , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective upon the expiration of two hundred and seventy days after , see , set out as a note under .