Statute of Limitations for Property Damage (personal property) in North Carolina

Statute of Limitations for Property Damage (personal property) in North Carolina

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Published July 6, 2025 • Updated May 16, 2026 • By DocketMath Team

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How the limitation period applies

The controlling primary authority for US-NC property damage SOL (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52(4)) is N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52(4).

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52(4). 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

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

Corroboration method: government_primary_source_direct_fetch.