| | 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| | 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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