---
kind: "unit"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
key: "ch2A/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Domestic Securities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/ch2A-schI"
sections_count: 36
---

# Subchapter I — Domestic Securities

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade › Chapter 2A — Securities and Trust Indentures

## Sections

- [§77a. Short title](/usc/15/77a.md)
- [§77b. Definitions; promotion of efficiency, competition, and capital formation](/usc/15/77b.md)
- [§77b–1. Swap agreements](/usc/15/77b-1.md)
- [§77c. Classes of securities under this subchapter](/usc/15/77c.md)
- [§77d. Exempted transactions](/usc/15/77d.md)
- [§77d–1. Requirements with respect to certain small transactions](/usc/15/77d-1.md)
- [§77e. Prohibitions relating to interstate commerce and the mails](/usc/15/77e.md)
- [§77f. Registration of securities](/usc/15/77f.md)
- [§77g. Information required in registration statement](/usc/15/77g.md)
- [§77h. Taking effect of registration statements and amendments thereto](/usc/15/77h.md)
- [§77h–1. Cease-and-desist proceedings](/usc/15/77h-1.md)
- [§77i. Court review of orders](/usc/15/77i.md)
- [§77j. Information required in prospectus](/usc/15/77j.md)
- [§77k. Civil liabilities on account of false registration statement](/usc/15/77k.md)
- [§77l. Civil liabilities arising in connection with prospectuses and communications](/usc/15/77l.md)
- [§77m. Limitation of actions](/usc/15/77m.md)
- [§77n. Contrary stipulations void](/usc/15/77n.md)
- [§77o. Liability of controlling persons](/usc/15/77o.md)
- [§77p. Additional remedies; limitation on remedies](/usc/15/77p.md)
- [§77q. Fraudulent interstate transactions](/usc/15/77q.md)
- [§77r. Exemption from State regulation of securities offerings](/usc/15/77r.md)
- [§77r–1. Preemption of State law](/usc/15/77r-1.md)
- [§77s. Special powers of Commission](/usc/15/77s.md)
- [§77t. Injunctions and prosecution of offenses](/usc/15/77t.md)
- [§77u. Hearings by Commission](/usc/15/77u.md)
- [§77v. Jurisdiction of offenses and suits](/usc/15/77v.md)
- [§77w. Unlawful representations](/usc/15/77w.md)
- [§77x. Penalties](/usc/15/77x.md)
- [§77y. Jurisdiction of other Government agencies over securities](/usc/15/77y.md)
- [§77z. Separability](/usc/15/77z.md)
- [§77z–1. Private securities litigation](/usc/15/77z-1.md)
- [§77z–2. Application of safe harbor for forward-looking statements](/usc/15/77z-2.md)
- [§77z–2a. Conflicts of interest relating to certain securitizations](/usc/15/77z-2a.md)
- [§77z–3. General exemptive authority](/usc/15/77z-3.md)
- [§77z–4. Data standards](/usc/15/77z-4.md)
- [§77aa. Schedule of information required in registration statement](/usc/15/77aa.md)