State by State

State by State

Personal Injury Statute of Limitations

State / Length of Limitation / State Law
Alabama / 2 years / Title 6, Chapters 2, Sec.38(l)
Alaska / 2 years / Section 9.10.070
Arizona / 2 years, 1 year libel/slander / Title 12 Article 3, Sections 541, 542
Arkansas / 3 years (libel, wrongful death), 2 years medical malpractice, 1 year slander / Sections 16-56-104, 16-56-105, 16-114-203, 16-62-102
California / 2 years for intentional torts, 1 year for slander/libel / Code of Civil Procedure Section 335.1.340
Colorado / 2 years, 1 year libel/slander / Colorado Revised Statutes Sections 13-80-102, 13-80-103
Connecticut / 2 years / Conn. Gen. Statutes Chapter 962, Sections 52-584
Delaware / 2 years / Title 10, Chapter 81, Section 8119, Title 18, Chap. 68, Section 6856
District of Columbia / 3 years, 1 year libel/slander / Title 12, Ch. 3, Sec. 12-301
Florida / 4 years, 2 years medical malprac., libel/slander / Title 8 Ch. 95.11
Georgia / 2 years, 1 year libel/slander / Title 9, Article 2, Sec. 9-3-33
Hawaii / 2 years / Revised statutes Sections 657-4, 657.7, 657-7.3
Idaho / 2 years / Title 5, Ch. 2, Sec. 5-219
Illinois / 2 years, 1 year defamation / 735 ILCS 5/13-201, 13-202, 13-212
Indiana / 2 years / Title 34, Article 11, Ch. 2, Section 34-11-2-3, 34-11-2-4
Iowa / 2 years / Chapter 614, Section 614.1
Kansas / 2 years, 1 year libel/slander / Chapter 60, Art. 5 Sec. 60-513
Kentucky / 1 year / Title 36, Chap. 413, Sec. 413.140
Louisiana / 1 year / Civil Code Article 3492
Maine / 6 years, 2 years libel/slander / Title 14, part 2 Ch. 205, Sub. 1, Sections 752, 753
Maryland / 3 years, 1 year libel/slander / Courts and Judicial proceedings, Section 5-101
Massachusetts / 3 years / Title 5, Ch. 260, Sections 2A, 4
Michigan / 3 years, 1 year libel/slander / Chapter 600, Act 236, Chapter 56Sec. 600.5805, Number 9
Minnesota / 2 years / Chapter 541, Sec. 541.05 & .07
Mississippi / 3 years, 2 years malpractice, 1 year libel/slander / Title 15, Ch. 1 Secs. 35, 36, 49
Missouri / 5 years, 2 years libel/slander, 2 years malpractice / Title 35, Ch. 516, Sections 105, 120, 140
Montana / 3 years, 2 years libel/slander / Title 27 Ch. 2 Secs. 204, 207
Nebraska / 4 years, 1 year libel/slander, 2 years, malpractice / Title 25 Section 207
Nevada / 2 years / Chapter 11 Sec. 190
New Hampshire / 3 years / Title LII, Chapter 508.4
New Jersey / 2 years, 1 year libel/slander / Title 2A, Ch. 14 -2&3
New Mexico / 3 years / Chapter 37, Article 1, Secs. 1-8
New York / 3 years, 2.5 years malpractice, 1 year libel/slander / Civil Practice Laws and Rules, Art. 2, Secs. 214, 214s, 215
North Carolina / 3 years, 1 year libel/slander, 2 years wrongful death / Title 1, Secs. 52, 54
North Dakota / 6 years, 2 years wrongful death, libel/slander / Title 28, Ch. 5, Sec. 2305.10
Ohio / 2 years / Title 23, Ch. 5, Sec. 2305.10
Oklahoma / 2 years, 1 year libel/slander / Title 12, Ch. 3, Ses. 95
Oregon / 2 years medical malpractice, 2 years personal injury, 1 year libel/slander / Chapter 12, Secs. 110, 115, 120
Pennsylvania / 2 years, 1 year libel/slander / 42 Penn Consolidated Statutes Sections 5523, 5524
Rhode Island / 3 years, 1 year libel/slander / Title 9, Ch. 1, Sec. 14
South Carolina / 3 years, 2 years libel/slander / Title 15, Ch. 3, Secs. 530, 545, 550
South Dakota / 3 years, 2 years libel/slander, medical malpractice / Title 5, Ch. 2, Secs. 14, 14.1, 15
Tennessee / 1 year, 6 months libel/slander / Title 28, Ch. 3, Secs. 103, 104
Texas / 2 years, 1 year libel/slander / Civil Practice and Rem. Code, Title 2, Ch. 16, Secs. 002, 003
Utah / 4 years, 2 years wrongful death, 1 year libel/slander / Title 78, Chapter 12, Section 25
Vermont / 3 years / Title 12, Ch. 23, Secs. 512, 521
Virginia / 2 years, 1 year libel/slander / Title 8.01, Chapter 4, Secs. 243, 247.1
Washington / 3 years, 1 year libel/slander / Title 4, Ch. 16, Secs. 080, 100
West Virginia / 2 years / Chapter 55, SEC. 2-12
Wisconsin / 3 years, 2 years libel/slander / Chapter 893, Secs. 54, 55, 57
Wyoming / 4 years, 1 year libel/slander / Title 1, Ch. 3, Sec 105