{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-3301","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 3301","heading":"Securities fraud offenses","body":"(a) Definition.—In this section, the term “securities fraud offense” means a violation of, or a conspiracy or an attempt to violate—(1) section 1348; (2) section 32(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ff(a)); (3) section 24 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77x); (4) section 217 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–17); (5) section 49 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–48); or (6) section 325 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 77yyy). (b) Limitation.—No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for a securities fraud offense, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within 6 years after the commission of the offense.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 213—LIMITATIONS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"2be8e2606579d350f4c72451b3b0d032274c1ecfc5044a65cc7a692f183eb1c5","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-3300","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-3321"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}