## How the limitation period applies

The controlling primary authority for US-OK libel written defamation SOL (Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(4)) is **Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(4)**.

> **Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(4).** 4. Within one (1) year: An action for libel, slander, assault, battery, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment;

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§12-95. Limitation of other actions. A. Civil actions other than for the recovery of real property can only be brought within the following periods, after the cause of action shall have accrued, and not afterwards: 1. Within five (5) years: An action upon any contract, agreement, or promise in writing; 2. Within three (3) years: An action upon a contract express or implied not in writing; an action upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture or penalty; and an action on a foreign judgment;

A. Civil actions other than for the recovery of real property can only be brought within the following periods, after the cause of action shall have accrued, and not afterwards: 1. Within five (5) years: An action upon any contract, agreement, or promise in writing; 2. Within three (3) years: An action upon a contract express or implied not in writing; an action upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture or penalty; and an action on a foreign judgment; 3. Within two (2) years: An action for trespass upon real property; an action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property; an action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated; an action for relief on the ground of fraud - the cause of action in such case shall not be deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the fraud; 4. Within one (1) year: An action for libel, slander, assault, battery, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment; an action upon a st

§12-95. Limitation of other actions. A. Civil actions other than for the recovery of real property can only be brought within the following periods, after the cause of action shall have accrued, and not afterwards: ... 3. Within two (2) years: An action for trespass upon real property; an action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property; an action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated; an action for relief on the ground of fraud

§12A-2-725. Statute of Limitations in Contracts for Sale. (1) An action for breach of any contract for sale must be commenced within five (5) years after the cause of action has accrued. By the original agreement the parties may reduce the period of limitation to not less than one (1) year but may not extend it. (2) A cause of action accrues when the breach occurs, regardless of the aggrieved party's lack of knowledge of the breach. A breach of warranty occurs when tender of delivery is made, except that where a warranty explicitly extends to future performance of the goods and discovery of the breach must await the time of such performance the cause of action accrues when the breach is or should have been discovered. (3) Where an action commenced within the time limited by subsection (1) is so terminated as to leave available a remedy by another action for the same breach such other action may be commenced after the expiration of the time limited and within one (1) year after the termination of the first action unless the termination resulted from voluntary discontinuance or from dismissal for failure or neglect to prosecute. (4) This section does not alter the law on tolling of the statute of limitations nor does it apply to causes of action which have accrued before this act becomes effective.

Civil actions other than for the recovery of real property can only be brought within the following periods, after the cause of action shall have accrued, and not afterwards: 2. Within three (3) years: An action upon a contract express or implied not in writing; an action upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture or penalty; and an action on a foreign judgment;

1. Within five (5) years: An action upon any contract, agreement, or promise in writing;

§22-152v1. Statute of limitations. Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 122 A. Prosecutions for the crimes of bribery, embezzlement of public money, bonds, securities, assets or property of the state or any county, school district, municipality or other subdivision thereof, or of any misappropriation of public money, bonds, securities, assets or property of the state or any county, school district, municipality or other subdivision thereof, falsification of public records of the state or any county, school district, municipality or other subdivision thereof, and conspiracy to defraud the State of Oklahoma or any county, school district, municipality or other subdivision thereof in any manner or for any purpose shall be commenced within seven (7) years after the discovery of the crime; provided, however, prosecutions for the crimes of embezzlement or misappropriation of public money, bonds, securities, assets or property of any school district, including those relating to student activity funds, or the crime of falsification of public records of any independent school district, the crime of criminal conspiracy, the crime of embezzlement pursuant to Sections 1451 through 1461 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the crime of False Personation or Identity Theft pursuant to Sections 1531 through 1533.3 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult pursuant to Sections 843.1, 843.3 and 843.4 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or Medicaid fraud pursuant to Section 1005 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be commenced within five (5) years after the discovery of the crime. B. Prosecutions for criminal violations of any state income tax laws shall be commenced within five (5) years after the commission of such violation. C. 1. Prosecutions for sexual crimes against children, specifically rape or forcible sodomy, sodomy, lewd or indecent proposals or acts against children, involving minors in pornography pursuant to Section 886, 888, 1111, 1111.1, 1113, 1114, 1021.2, 1021.3, 1040.12a or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, child abuse pursuant to Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and child trafficking pursuant to Section 866 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced by the forty-fifth birthday of the alleged victim. Prosecutions for such crimes committed against victims eighteen (18) years of age or older, and sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult pursuant to Section 843.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced within twelve (12) years after the discovery of the crime. As used in this paragraph, "discovery" means the date that a physical or sexually related crime involving a victim eighteen (18) years of age or older is reported to a law enforcement agency. 2. However, prosecutions for the crimes listed in paragraph 1 of this subsection may be commenced at any time after the commission of the offense if: Oklahoma Statutes - Title 22. Criminal Procedure Page 123 a. physical evidence is collected and preserved that is capable of being tested to obtain a profile from deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and b. the identity of the offender is subsequently established through the use of a DNA profile using evidence listed in subparagraph a of this paragraph. A prosecution under this exception must be commenced within three (3) years from the date on which the identity of the suspect is established by DNA testing. 3. No prosecution under this subsection shall be based upon the memory of the victim that has been recovered through psychotherapy unless there is some evidence independent of such repressed memory. 4. Any person who knowingly and willfully makes a false claim pursuant to this subsection or a claim that the person knows lacks factual foundation may be reported to local law enforcement for criminal investigation and, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony. D. Prosecutions for criminal violations of any provision of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code shall be commenced within three (3) years after the commission of such offense. E. Prosecutions for the crime of criminal fraud or workers' compensation fraud pursuant to Section 1541.1, 1541.2, 1662 or 1663 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall commence within three (3) years after the discovery of the crime, but in no event greater than seven (7) years after the commission of the crime. F. Prosecution for the crime of false or bogus check pursuant to Section 1541.1, 1541.2, 1541.3 or 1541.4 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced within five (5) years after the commission of such offense. G. Prosecution for the crime of solicitation for murder in the first degree pursuant to Section 701.16 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced within seven (7) years after the discovery of the crime. For purposes of this subsection, "discovery" means the date upon which the crime is made known to anyone other than a person involved in the solicitation. H. In all other cases a prosecution for a public offense must be commenced within three (3) years after its commission.

§12-109. Limitation of action to recover damages arising from design, planning or construction of improvement to real property. No action in tort to recover damages (i) for any deficiency in the design, planning, supervision or observation of construction or construction of an improvement to real property, (ii) for injury to property, real or personal, arising out of any such deficiency, or (iii) for injury to the person or for wrongful death arising out of any such deficiency, shall be brought against any person owning, leasing, or in possession of such an improvement or performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision or observation of construction or construction of such an improvement more than ten (10) years after substantial completion of such an improvement.

A. Civil actions other than for the recovery of real property can only be brought within the following periods, after the cause of action shall have accrued, and not afterwards: 1. Within five (5) years: An action upon any contract, agreement, or promise in writing;

§12-735. Must be issued within five years or judgment becomes unenforceable - Inapplicable to municipalities or child support judgments. A. A judgment shall become unenforceable and of no effect if, within five (5) years after the date of filing of any judgment that now is or may hereafter be filed in any court of record in this state: 1. Execution is not issued by the court clerk and filed with the county clerk as provided in Section 759 of this title; 2. A notice of renewal of judgment substantially in the form prescribed by the Administrative Director of the Courts is not filed with the court clerk; 3. A garnishment summons is not issued by the court clerk; or 4. A certified copy of a notice of income assignment is not sent to a payor of the judgment debtor.

§12-95. Limitation of other actions. A. Civil actions other than for the recovery of real property can only be brought within the following periods, after the cause of action shall have accrued, and not afterwards: 1. Within five (5) years: An action upon any contract, agreement, or promise in writing; 2. Within three (3) years: An action upon a contract express or implied not in writing; an action upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture or penalty; and an action on a foreign judgment; 3. Within two (2) years: An action for trespass upon real property; an action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property; an action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated; an action for relief on the ground of fraud - the cause of action in such case shall not be deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the fraud; 4. Within one (1) year: An action for libel, slander, assault, battery, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment; an action upon a statute for penalty or forfeiture, except where the statute imposing it prescribes a different limitation; 5. An action upon the official bond or undertaking of an executor, administrator, guardian, sheriff, or any other officer, or upon the bond or undertaking given in attachment, injunction, arrest, or in any case whatever required by the statute, can only be brought within five (5) years after the cause of action shall have accrued;

(a) if the cause of action accrues on or after May 14, 1947-may be commenced within two years after the cause of action accrued, and every such action shall be forever barred unless commenced within two years after the cause of action accrued, except that a cause of action arising out of a willful violation may be commenced within three years after the cause of action accrued;

Within two (2) years: An action for trespass upon real property; an action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property; an action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated; an action for relief on the ground of fraud - the cause of action in such case shall not be deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the fraud;

Within two (2) years: An action for trespass upon real property; an action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property; an action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated

Civil actions other than for the recovery of real property can only be brought within the following periods, after the cause of action shall have accrued, and not afterwards: 3. Within two (2) years: An action for trespass upon real property; an action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property; an action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated; an action for relief on the ground of fraud - the cause of action in such case shall not be deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the fraud;

3. Within two (2) years: An action for trespass upon real property; an action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property; an action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated; an action for relief on the ground of fraud - the cause of action in such case shall not be deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the fraud;

An action for trespass upon real property; an action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property; an action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated; an action for relief on the ground of fraud (cause of action not deemed to have accrued until discovery of the fraud) [2 years].

3. Within two (2) years: An action for trespass upon real property; an action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property; an action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated; an action for relief on the ground of fraud - the cause of action in such case shall not be deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the fraud

An action for libel, slander, assault, battery, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment; an action upon a statute for penalty or forfeiture [1 year].

§12-95. Limitation of other actions. A. Civil actions other than for the recovery of real property can only be brought within the following periods, after the cause of action shall have accrued, and not afterwards: ... 4. Within one (1) year: An action for libel, slander, assault, battery, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment; an action upon a statute for penalty or forfeiture, except where the statute imposing it prescribes a different limitation;

An action for damages for injury or death against any physician, health care provider or hospital licensed under the laws of this state, whether based in tort, breach of contract or otherwise, arising out of patient care, shall be brought within two (2) years of the date the plaintiff knew or should have known, through the exercise of reasonable diligence, of the existence of the death, injury or condition complained of; provided, however, the minority or incompetency when the cause of action arises will extend said period of limitation.

§22-151. Limitations – Murder, first and second degree manslaughter. A. There is no limitation of the time within which a prosecution for murder must be commenced. Such prosecution may be commenced at any time after the death of the person killed. B. Prosecutions for the crimes of first degree manslaughter and second degree manslaughter shall be commenced within ten (10) years after the discovery of the crime. For purposes of this subsection, “discovery” means the date the crime is reported to a law enforcement agency.

B. Except as provided in subsection H of this section, and not withstanding any other provision of law, claims against the state or a political subdivision are to be presented within one (1) year of the date the loss occurs. A claim against the state or a political subdivision shall be forever barred unless notice thereof is presented within one (1) year after the loss occurs.

(1) An action for breach of any contract for sale must be commenced within four (4) years after the cause of action has accrued. By the original agreement the parties may reduce the period of limitation to not less than one (1) year but may not extend it.

§12A-2-725. Statute of Limitations in Contracts for Sale.
(1) An action for breach of any contract for sale must be commenced within five (5) years after the cause of action has accrued. By the original agreement the parties may reduce the period of limitation to not less than one (1) year but may not extend it.
(2) A cause of action accrues when the breach occurs, regardless of the aggrieved party's lack of knowledge of the breach. A breach of warranty occurs when tender of delivery is made, except that where a warranty explicitly extends to future performance of the goods and discovery of the breach must await the time of such performance the cause of action accrues when the breach is or should have been discovered.
(3) Where an action commenced within the time limited by subsection (1) is so terminated as to leave available a remedy by another action for the same breach such other action may be commenced after the expiration of the time limited and within one (1) year after the termination of the first action unless the termination resulted from voluntary discontinuance or from dismissal for failure or neglect to prosecute.
(4) This section does not alter the law on tolling of the statute of limitations nor does it apply to causes of action which have accrued before this act becomes effective.

Within three (3) years: An action upon a contract express or implied not in writing; an action upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture or penalty; and an action on a foreign judgment;

A. When the death of one is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representative of the former may maintain an action therefor against the latter, or his or her personal representative if he or she is also deceased, if the former might have maintained an action, had he or she lived, against the latter, or his or her representative, for an injury for the same act or omission. The action must be commenced within two (2) years.

an action for relief on the ground of fraud - the cause of action in such case shall not be deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the fraud

B. Except as provided in subsection H of this section, and not
withstanding any other provision of law, claims against the state or
a political subdivision are to be presented within one (1) year of
the date the loss occurs. A claim against the state or a political
subdivision shall be forever barred unless notice thereof is
presented within one (1) year after the loss occurs.

Civil actions other than for the recovery of real property can only be brought within the following periods, after the cause of action shall have accrued, and not afterwards: 1. An action upon any contract, agreement, or promise in writing [5 years]; 2. An action upon a contract express or implied not in writing; an action upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture or penalty; and an action on a foreign judgment [3 years]; 3. An action for trespass upon real property; an action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property; an action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated; an action for relief on the ground of fraud (cause of action not deemed to have accrued until discovery of the fraud) [2 years]; 4. An action for libel, slander, assault, battery, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment; an action upon a statute for penalty or forfeiture [1 year].

Under Okla. Stat. tit. 12 § 95(A)(3), an action 'for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract' must be brought within two (2) years after the cause of action accrued. This is the controlling statute of limitations for general personal-injury / negligence actions in Oklahoma.

Under Okla. Stat. tit. 12 § 95(A)(2), an action upon a contract express or implied but not in writing must be brought within three years after the cause of action accrued. Controls oral contracts and implied contracts in Oklahoma.

An Oklahoma civil action for tortious interference with business relations (interference with prospective economic advantage or existing business relationships) is a non-contract intentional tort not enumerated in Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(4)'s one-year list (which covers only libel, slander, assault, battery, malicious prosecution, and false imprisonment). It therefore routes to the two-year catch-all in § 95(A)(3) for 'an action for injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, 

Statute of limitations for personal injury in US-OK is 2 years under Okla. Stat. tit. 12 § 95(A)(3).

Statute of limitations for wrongful death in US-OK is 2 years under Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 1053.

Statute of limitations for medical malpractice in US-OK is 2 years under Okla. Stat. tit. 76, § 18.

Statute of limitations for legal malpractice in US-OK is 2 years under Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(3).

Statute of limitations for product liability in US-OK is 2 years under Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(3).

Statute of limitations for premises liability in US-OK is 2 years under Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(3).

Statute of limitations for property damage in US-OK is 2 years under Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(3).

Statute of limitations for trespass in US-OK is 2 years under Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(3).

Statute of limitations for fraud in US-OK is 2 years under Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(3).

Statute of limitations for interference with business relations tortious interference in US-OK is 2 years under Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(3).

Under Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(1), an action upon any contract, agreement, or promise in writing must be commenced within five years after the cause of action accrues; a credit-card account is governed by a written cardholder agreement, so credit-card debt is subject to this five-year period.

Under Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(4), an action for assault or battery (along with libel, slander, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment) must be brought within one year after the cause of action accrues.

Oklahoma libel/written defamation claims must be brought within 1 year of accrual under Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95(A)(4).

Oklahoma actions upon any contract, agreement, or promise in writing must be brought within 5 years after the cause of action accrues under 12 O.S. § 95(A)(1).

Oklahoma actions for breach of any contract for sale of goods must be commenced within 5 years after the cause of action accrued under 12A O.S. § 2-725.

Oklahoma tolls the statute of limitations for persons under legal disability (including minors) at the time the cause of action accrues; they have one year from removal of disability to bring suit. Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 96. NOTE: task-provided suggested citation of § 98 was incorrect — § 98 governs defendant absence/concealment, not plaintiff disability.

Second-channel confirmation from oklegislature.gov Title 12 PDF. Oklahoma § 96 disability tolling text matches OSCN primary source.

Oklahoma tolls the limitations period when defendant is out of state at accrual; period does not begin to run until defendant enters the state. Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 98. NOTE: task-provided suggested citation of § 100 was incorrect — § 100 governs limitation of new action after reversal or non-merit failure, not defendant absence.

Second-channel confirmation from oklegislature.gov Title 12 PDF. Confirms § 98 tolling for defendant absence. Minor wording difference from OSCN version ('absconded' absent) may reflect statutory amendment; core principle of absence tolling confirmed by both sources.

Oklahoma § 98 also covers defendant concealment: time of concealment is not computed as part of the limitations period. Same statute as defendant_absence tolling.

Second-channel confirmation from oklegislature.gov Title 12 PDF. Confirms § 98 tolling for defendant concealment.

Oklahoma § 95(A)(3) contains an explicit statutory discovery rule for fraud. Common-law discovery rule extends to other latent-injury claims per Tylle v. Zoucha, 1992 OK 45. Discovery rule is enabled in Oklahoma.

Second-channel confirmation from oklegislature.gov Title 12 PDF. Oklahoma § 95(A)(3) discovery rule for fraud confirmed.

When a cause of action accrues against a person and that person is out of the state or has concealed himself, the period limited for the commencement of the action shall not begin to run until he comes into the state, or while he is concealed. If, after a cause of action accrues against a person and that person leaves the state or conceals himself, the time of his absence or concealment shall not be computed as any part of the period within which the action must be brought.

No action in tort to recover damages (i) for any deficiency in the design, planning, supervision or observation of construction or construction of an improvement to real property, (ii) for injury to property, real or personal, arising out of any such deficiency, or (iii) for injury to the person or for wrongful death arising out of any such deficiency, shall be brought against any person owning, leasing, or in possession of such an improvement or performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision or observation of construction or construction of such an improvement more than ten (10) years after substantial completion of such an improvement.

If a person entitled to bring an action other than for the recovery of real property, except for a penalty or forfeiture, be, at the time the cause of action accrued, under any legal disability, every such person shall be entitled to bring such action within one (1) year after such disability shall be removed, except that, after the effective date of this section, an action for personal injury to a minor under the age of twelve (12) arising from medical malpractice must be brought by the minor's parent or guardian within seven (7) years of infliction of the injury, provided a minor twelve (12) years of age and older must bring such action within one (1) year after attaining majority, but in no event less than two (2) years from the date of infliction of the injury, and an action for personal injury arising from medical malpractice to a person adjudged incompetent must be brought by the incompetent person's guardian within seven (7) years of infliction of the injury, provided an incompetent who has been adjudged competent must bring such action within one (1) year after the adjudication of such competency, but in no event less than two (2) years from the date of infliction of the injury.

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