Statute of limitations for fraud in Illinois

Statute of limitations for fraud in Illinois

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Published January 22, 2026 • Updated May 16, 2026 • By DocketMath Team

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How the limitation period applies

The controlling primary authority for US-IL fraud SOL (735 ILCS 5/13-205, as applied by Khan v. BDO Seidman, LLP, 2012 IL App (4th) 120359) is 735 ILCS 5/13-205, as applied by Khan v. BDO Seidman, LLP, 2012 IL App (4th) 120359.

735 ILCS 5/13-205, as applied by Khan v. BDO Seidman, LLP, 2012 IL App (4th) 120359. Except as provided in Section 2-725 of the "Uniform Commercial Code", approved July 31, 1961, as amended, and Section 11-13 of "The Illinois Public Aid Code", approved April 11, 1967, as amended, actions on unwritten contracts, expressed or implied, or on awards of arbitration, or to recover damages for an injury done to property, real or personal, or to recover the possession of personal property or damages for the detention or conversion thereof, and all civil actions not otherwise provided for, shall be commenced within 5 years next after the cause of action accrued.

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Sources

All sources are official primary law published by www.ilga.gov.

Corroboration method: government_primary_source_direct_fetch.