Title 15 of the U.S. Code § 1223 - Limitations
Full text of § 1223 from Title 15 of the United States Code.
§ 1223. Limitations
Any action brought pursuant to this chapter shall be forever barred unless commenced within three years after the cause of action shall have accrued.
(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1038, §3, 70 Stat. 1125.)
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