Statute of Limitations by State: Tables by Claim

Each table lists the general time limit for one kind of claim in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with the statute that sets it. A state shows a figure only after the period has been read from the statute’s official text.

• Personal Injury statute of limitations by state

  39 of 51 checked against official statute text

• Premises Liability statute of limitations by state

  37 of 51 checked against official statute text

• Property Damage statute of limitations by state

  35 of 51 checked against official statute text

• Breach of Written Contract statute of limitations by state

  39 of 51 checked against official statute text

• Breach of Oral Contract statute of limitations by state

  41 of 51 checked against official statute text

• Fraud statute of limitations by state

  34 of 51 checked against official statute text

• Libel statute of limitations by state

  36 of 51 checked against official statute text

• Slander statute of limitations by state

  37 of 51 checked against official statute text

• Trespass statute of limitations by state

  39 of 51 checked against official statute text