---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 6607"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "6607"
heading: "Pleading requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/6607"
units:
  - "Chapter 92 — Year 2000 Computer Date Change"
---

# §6607. Pleading requirements

- (a) **Application with rules of civil procedure—** This section applies exclusively to [Y2K actions](/usc/15/6602.md?p=1) and, except to the extent that this section requires additional information to be contained in or attached to pleadings, nothing in this section is intended to amend or otherwise supersede applicable rules of Federal or [State](/usc/15/6602.md?p=6) civil procedure.
- (b) **Nature and amount of damages—** In all [Y2K actions](/usc/15/6602.md?p=1) in which damages are requested, there shall be filed with the complaint a statement of specific information as to the nature and amount of each element of damages and the factual basis for the damages calculation.
- (c) **Material defects—** In any [Y2K action](/usc/15/6602.md?p=1) in which the plaintiff alleges that there is a [material defect](/usc/15/6602.md?p=4) in a product or service, there shall be filed with the complaint a statement of specific information regarding the manifestations of the [material defects](/usc/15/6602.md?p=4) and the facts supporting a conclusion that the defects are material.
- (d) **Required state of mind—** In any [Y2K action](/usc/15/6602.md?p=1) in which a claim is asserted on which the plaintiff may prevail only on proof that the defendant acted with a particular [state](/usc/15/6602.md?p=6) of mind, there shall be filed with the complaint, with respect to each element of that claim, a statement of the facts giving rise to a strong inference that the defendant acted with the required [state](/usc/15/6602.md?p=6) of mind.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–37, § 8, July 20, 1999, 113 Stat. 198.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Rules of Federal civil procedure, referred to in subsec. (a), are contained in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which are set out in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.