{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2335","title_num":"18","num":"§ 2335.","heading":"Limitation of actions","status":null,"guid":"idbde28ee9-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","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.)","seq_in_title":878,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch113B","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch113B","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 113B—","heading":"TERRORISM","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id751457e5-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2335\"><num value=\"2335\">§ 2335.</num><heading> Limitation of actions</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id751457e6-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2335/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Subject to subsection (b), a suit for recovery of damages under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s2333\">section 2333 of this title</ref> shall not be maintained unless commenced within 10 years after the date the cause of action accrued.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"id751457e7-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2335/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Calculation of Period</inline>.—</heading><content>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).</content>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id751457e8-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/102/572/tX/s1003/a/4\">Pub. L. 102–572, title X, § 1003(a)(4)</ref>, <date date=\"1992-10-29\">Oct. 29, 1992</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/106/4523\">106 Stat. 4523</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/112/239/dA/tXII/s1251/a\">Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, § 1251(a)</ref>, <date date=\"2013-01-02\">Jan. 2, 2013</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/126/2017\">126 Stat. 2017</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id751457e9-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id751457ea-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id751457eb-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2013—Subsec. (a). <ref href=\"/us/pl/112/239/s1251/a/1\">Pub. L. 112–239, § 1251(a)(1)</ref>, substituted “10 years” for “4 years”.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Subsec. (b). <ref href=\"/us/pl/112/239/s1251/a/2\">Pub. L. 112–239, § 1251(a)(2)</ref>, substituted “10-year period” for “4-year period”.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"statutoryNotes\" id=\"id751457ec-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDateOfAmendment\" id=\"id751457ed-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date of 2013 Amendment</heading><p><ref href=\"/us/pl/112/239/dA/tXII/s1251/b\">Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, § 1251(b)</ref>, <date date=\"2013-01-02\">Jan. 2, 2013</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/126/2017\">126 Stat. 2017</ref>, provided that: <quotedContent origin=\"/us/pl/112/239/dA/tXII/s1251/b\">“The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to any civil action arising under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s2333\">section 2333 of title 18</ref>, United States Code, that is pending on, or commenced on or after, the date of the enactment of this Act [<date date=\"2013-01-02\">Jan. 2, 2013</date>].”</quotedContent>\n</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"effectiveDate\" id=\"id751457ee-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Effective Date</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section applicable to any pending case or any cause of action arising on or after 4 years before <date date=\"1992-10-29\">Oct. 29, 1992</date>, see <ref href=\"/us/pl/102/572/s1003/c\">section 1003(c) of Pub. L. 102–572</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s2331\">section 2331 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}