18-U.S.C.-2255

§2255 – Civil Remedy For Personal Injuries

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Title 18 > Part I > Chapter 110 > Section 2255

Details

• Reference: Section 2255
• Legend: §2255 – Civil Remedy For Personal Injuries
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

(a) In General.—Any person who, while a minor, was a victim of a violation of section 1589, 1590, 1591, 2241(c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422, or 2423 of this title and who suffers personal injury as a result of such violation, regardless of whether the injury occurred while such person was a minor, may sue in any appropriate United States District Court and shall recover the actual damages such person sustains and the cost of the suit, including a reasonable attorneys fee. Any person as described in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to have sustained damages of no less than $150,000 in value.

(b) Statute of Limitations.—Any action commenced under this section shall be barred unless the complaint is filed within 10 years after the right of action first accrues or in the case of a person under a legal disability, not later than three years after the disability.

(Added Pub. L. 99–500, §101(b) [title VII, §703(a)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–74, and Pub. L. 99–591, §101(b) [title VII, §703(a)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–74; amended Pub. L. 105–314, title VI, §605, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2984; Pub. L. 109–248, title VII, §707(b), (c), July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 650; Pub. L. 113–4, title XII, §1212(a), Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 143.)

Codification

Pub. L. 99–591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2255 was renumbered section 2256 of this title.

Amendments

2013—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–4, §1212(a)(1), substituted section 1589, 1590, 1591, 2241(c) for section 2241(c).

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–4, §1212(a)(2), substituted 10 years for six years.

2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–248, §707(b), inserted heading, inserted , regardless of whether the injury occurred while such person was a minor, after such violation, and substituted Any person who, while a minor, was for Any minor who is, such person for such minor, Any person as described for Any minor as described, and $150,000 for $50,000.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–248, §707(c), inserted heading.

1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–314 substituted 2241(c), 2242, 2243, 2251, 2251A, 2252, 2252A, 2260, 2421, 2422, or 2423 for 2251 or 2252.

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