TILA Civil Liability for Violations 15 U.S.C. § 1640
Violations carry actual damages, statutory damages ($200–$2,000 in individual actions, class caps), and attorney fees. Statutory damages apply only to a defined violation list.
Key provisions
- Statutory damages $200–$2,000
- Class action statutory damage caps
- Attorney fee recovery
- One-year statute of limitations (Reg Z)
Query this statute via API
Royal Ruby returns structured citations, plain-English summaries, reporting timelines, and statutes of limitations for this and related statutes. $0.05 per call, USDC on Base mainnet via x402 — no API keys, no signup.
curl -X POST https://royal-ruby-x402.fly.dev/api/law-lookup \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"topic": "TILA Civil Liability for Violations", "statute": "15 U.S.C. § 1640"}'
# -> 402 challenge: $0.05 USDC on Base (eip155:8453), payTo 0x9b8a...f72f
# Settle with any x402 client (@x402/fetch, MCP x402 tools), replay with payment header.
Full background and the service fleet: RAEN blog — Live x402 Agent APIs. Information only — not legal advice.