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§16509.__Civil liability

 
1.__Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act.__Enforcement
of civil liability under this section is subject to the federal
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998.

 
2.__Liability of seller to purchaser.__A person is liable to
the purchaser if the person sells a security in violation of
section 16301; section 16303, subsection 6; section 16304,
subsection 5; or section 16305, subsection 6 or by means of an
untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in
light of the circumstances under which it is made, not
misleading, the purchaser not knowing of the untruth or omission
and the seller not sustaining the burden of proof that the seller
did not know and, in the exercise of reasonable care, could not
have known of the untruth or omission. An action under this
subsection is governed by the following.

 
A.__The purchaser may maintain an action to recover the
consideration paid for the security, less the amount of any
income received on the security, and the interest at the
legal rate of interest from the date of the purchase, costs
and reasonable attorney's fees determined by the court, upon
the tender of the security, or for actual damages as
provided in paragraph C.

 
B.__The tender referred to in paragraph A may be made any
time before entry of judgment. Tender requires only notice
in a record of ownership of the security and willingness to
exchange the security for the amount specified. A purchaser
that no longer owns the security may recover actual damages
as provided in paragraph C.

 
C.__Actual damages in an action arising under this
subsection are the amount that would be recoverable upon a
tender less the value of the security when the purchaser
disposed of it and the interest at the legal rate of
interest from the date of the purchase, costs and reasonable
attorney's fees determined by the court.

 
3.__Liability of purchaser to seller.__A person is liable to
the seller if the person buys a security by means of an untrue
statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statement made, in light of the
circumstances under which it is made, not misleading, the seller
not knowing of the untruth or omission and the purchaser not
sustaining the burden of proof that the purchaser did not know
and, in the exercise of reasonable care, could not have known of


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