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Personal Injury Statute of Limitations
the time period within which you can bring a lawsuit for personal
injuries
| State |
Length of Limitation |
Code Number |
State Website Link |
| Alabama |
2 years |
Title 6, Ch. 2, 6-2-38
(l)
|
State
Website Link |
| Alaska |
2 years |
Sec. 9.10.070 |
State
Website Link |
| Arizona |
2 years |
Title 12, Article 3, Sec. 12-542 |
State
Website Link |
| Arkansas |
3 years (libel, wrongful death), 2 years med malpractice; 1 year slander |
Secs. 16-56-104, 16-56-105, 16-114-203, 16-62-102 |
State
Website Link |
| California |
2 years for intentional torts; 1 year for slander, libel |
Code of Civ. Proc. Sec. 335.1, 340 |
State
Website Link |
| Colorado |
2 years |
Colo. Rev. Stat. Sec. 13-80-102 |
State
Website Link |
| Connecticut |
2 years |
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ch. 926 Sec. 52-584 |
State
Website Link |
| Delaware |
2 years |
Title 10, Ch. 81, Sec. 8119 |
State
Website Link |
| Distric of Columbia |
3 years |
Title 12, Ch. 3, Sec. 12-301 |
State
Website Link |
| Florida |
4 years |
Title 8, Ch. 95, Sec. 95.11 |
State
Website Link |
| Georgia |
2 years |
Sec. 9-3-33 |
State
Website Link |
| Hawaii |
2
years |
Rev. Stat. Sec. 657.7 |
State
Website Link |
| Idaho |
2 years |
Title 5, Ch. 2, Sec. 5-219 |
State
Website Link |
| Illinois |
2 years |
735 ILCS 5/13-202
|
State
Website Link |
| Indiana |
2 years |
Title 34, Art. 11, Ch. 2, Sec. 34-11-2-4 |
State
Website Link |
| Iowa |
2 years |
Chapter 614, Section 614.1 |
State
Website Link |
| Kansas |
2 years |
Chapter 60, Art 5, Sec. 60-513 |
State
Website Link |
| Kentucky |
1 year |
Title 36, Chapter 413, Sec. 413.140 |
State
Website Link |
| Louisiana |
1 year |
Ci. Code. Art. 3492 |
State
Website Link |
| Maine |
6 years |
Title 14,Part 2, Ch. 205, Sub. 1, Sec.
752 |
State
Website Link |
| Maryland |
3 years |
Courts and Judicial Proceedings, Sec. 5-101 |
State
Website Link |
| Massachusetts |
3 years |
Title 5, Ch. 260, Secs. 2A and 4 |
State
Website Link |
| Michigan |
3 years |
Chapter 600, Act 236, Ch. 58, Sec. 600.5805,
number 9 |
State
Website Link |
| Minnesota |
2 years |
Ch. 541, Sec 541.05, 541.07 |
State
Website Link |
| Mississippi |
3 years |
Title 15, Ch. 1, Sec. 15-1-49 |
State
Website Link |
| Missouri |
5 years |
Title 35, Ch. 516, Sec. 516.120 |
State
Website Link |
| Montana |
3 years |
Title 27, Ch. 2, 27-2-204 and 27-2-207 |
State
Website Link |
| Nebraska |
4 years |
Title 25, Section 207, 25-207 |
State
Website Link |
| Nevada |
2 years |
Chapter 11, Sec 11.190 |
State
Website Link |
| New Hampshire |
3 years |
Title LII, Chapter 508, Sec. 508.4 |
State
Website Link |
| New Jersey |
2 years |
Title 2A, Ch. 14, Sec. 2A:14-2 |
State
Website Link |
| New Mexico |
3 years |
Ch. 37, Art. 1, Sec. 37-1-8 |
State
Website Link |
| New York |
3 years |
Civil Practice Laws and Rules, Art. 2,
Sec. 214 |
State
Website Link |
| N. Carolina |
3 years |
Title 1, Section 1-52 |
State
Website Link |
| N. Dakota |
6 years; 2 years in wrongful death |
Title 28, Ch. 1, Secs. 28-01-16 and 28-01-18 |
State
Website Link |
| Ohio |
2 years |
Title 23, Ch. 5, Sec. 2305.10 |
State
Website Link |
| Oklahoma |
2 years |
Title 12, Ch. 3, Sec. 95 |
State
Website Link |
| Oregon |
2 years for medical malpractice; 2 years for personal injury |
Ch. 12, Secs. 12.110, 12.115
|
State
Website Link |
| Pennsylvania |
2 years |
42 PA Con. Stat. Section 5524 |
State Website Link |
| Rhode Island |
3 years |
Title 9, Ch. 1, Sec. 9-1-14 |
State
Website Link |
| S. Carolina |
3 years |
Title 15, Ch. 3, Sec. 15-3-530 |
State
Website Link |
| S. Dakota |
3 years |
Title 15, Ch. 2, Sec. 15-2-14 |
State
Website Link |
| Tennessee |
1 year |
Title 28, Ch. 3, Sec. 28-3-104 |
State
Website Link |
| Texas |
2 years |
Civ. Prac. & Rem Code, Title 2, Ch.
16, Sec. 16.003 |
State
Website Link |
| Utah |
4 years |
Title 78, Ch. 12, Sec. 78-12-25 |
State
Website Link |
| Vermont |
3 years |
Title 12, Ch. 23, Sec. 512
|
State
Website Link |
| Virginia |
2 years |
Title 8.01, Ch. 4, Sec. 8.01-243 |
State
Website Link |
| Washington |
3 years |
Title 4, Ch. 16, Sec. 4.16.080 |
State
Website Link |
| West Virginia |
2 years |
Chapter 55, Sec. 55-2-12
|
State
Website Link |
| Wisconsin |
3 years |
Chapter 893, Sec. 893.54 |
State
Website Link |
| Wyoming |
4 years |
Title 1, Ch. 3, Sec. 1-3-105 |
State
Website Link |
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