---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 1713"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "1713"
heading: "Protection against loss by class members"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/1713"
units:
  - "Part V — Procedure"
  - "Chapter 114 — Class Actions"
---

# §1713. Protection against loss by class members


The court may approve a [proposed settlement](/usc/28/1711.md?p=6) under which any [class](/usc/28/1711.md?p=1) member is obligated to pay sums to [class counsel](/usc/28/1711.md?p=3) that would result in a net loss to the [class](/usc/28/1711.md?p=1) member only if the court makes a written finding that nonmonetary benefits to the [class](/usc/28/1711.md?p=1) member substantially outweigh the monetary loss.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–2, § 3(a), Feb. 18, 2005, 119 Stat. 7.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable to any civil action commenced on or after Feb. 18, 2005, see section 9 of Pub. L. 109–2, set out as an Effective Date of 2005 Amendment note under section 1332 of this title.