Statute of Limitations for Product Liability in North Carolina

How the limitation period applies

The controlling primary authority for US-NC product liability SOL (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52(16)) is N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52(16).

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52(16). G.S. 1-52 § 1-52. Three years. Within three years an action - (1) Upon a contract, obligation or liability arising out of a contract, express or implied, except those mentioned in the preceding sections or in G.S. 1-53(1). (1a) Upon the official bond of a public officer. (2) Upon a liability created by statute, either state or federal, unless some other time is mentioned in the statute creating it. (3) For trespass upon real property. When the trespass is a continuing one, the action shall be

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Sources

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52(16) — N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52(16)

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

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