Statute of Limitations for Discovery Rule in Illinois
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Illinois statute-of-limitations: period is 3; statute of limitations years is 2.
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- Period: 3
- Statute Of Limitations Years: 2
- Government Notice Period Days: 365
- Limitation Period: 3 years
How the limitation period applies
The controlling primary authority for discovery-rule is 735 ILCS 5/13-215.
735 ILCS 5/13-215. If a person liable to an action fraudulently conceals the cause of such action from the knowledge of the person entitled thereto, the action may be commenced at any time within 5 years after the person entitled to bring the same discovers that he or she has such cause of action, and not afterwards.
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