§ 2255. — Civil remedy for personal injuries.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC2255]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 110--SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN
Sec. 2255. Civil remedy for personal injuries
(a) Any minor who is a victim of a violation of section 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 may
sue in any appropriate United States District Court and shall recover
the actual damages such minor sustains and the cost of the suit,
including a reasonable attorney's fee. Any minor as described in the
preceding sentence shall be deemed to have sustained damages of no less
than $50,000 in value.
(b) Any action commenced under this section shall be barred unless
the complaint is filed within six 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, Sec. 101(b) [title VII, Sec. 703(a)], Oct. 18,
1986, 100 Stat. 1783-39, 1783-74, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(b) [title
VII, Sec. 703(a)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-39, 3341-74; amended
Pub. L. 105-314, title VI, Sec. 605, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2984.)
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
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''.
