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Personal Injury Statute of Limitations Overview
The time limitations which you can file a lawsuit for injury cases:
| State | Time Limitation | Title, Chapter, Article Number |
| Alabama | 2 years | Title 6, Ch. 2, 6-2-38 |
| Alaska | 2 years | Sec. 9.10.070 |
| Arizona | 2 years | Title 12, Article 3, Sec. 12-542 |
| Arkansas | 3 years (libel, wrongful death), 2 years med malpractice; 1 year slander |
Secs. 16-56-104, 16-56-105, 16-114-203, 16-62-102 |
| California | 1 year | Code of Civ. Proc. Sec. 340 |
| Colorado | 2 years | Colo. Rev. Stat. Sec. 13-80-102 |
| Connecticut | 2 years | Conn. Gen. State. Sec. 52-584 |
| Delaware | 2 years | Title 10, Ch. 81, Sec. 8119 |
| DC | 3 years | Title 12, Ch. 3, Sec. 12-301 |
| Florida | 4 years | Title 8, Ch. 95, Sec. 95.11 |
| Georgia | 2 years | Sec. 9-3-33 |
| Hawaii | 2 years | Rev. Stat. Sec. 657.7 |
| Idaho | 2 years | Title 5, Ch. 2, Sec. 5-219 |
| Illinois | 2 years | Ch. 735, Act 5, Art 13, Sec. 13-202 |
| Indiana | 2 years | Title 34, Art. 11, Ch. 2, Sec. 34-11-2-4 |
| Iowa | 2 years | Chapter 614, Section 614.1 |
| Kansas | 2 years | Chapter 60, Art 5, Sec. 60-513 |
| Kentuky | 1 year | Title 36, Chapter 413, Sec. 413.140 |
| Louisiana | 1 year | Ci. Code. Art. 3492 |
| Maine | 6 years | Title 14,Part 2, Ch. 205, Sub. 1, Sec. 752 |
| Maryland | 3 years | Courts and Judicial Proceedings, Sec. 5-101 |
| Massachusetts | 3 years | Title 5, Ch. 260, Secs. 2A and 4 |
| Michigan | 3 years | Chapter 600, Act 236, Ch. 58, Sec. 600.5805, number 9 |
| Minnesota | 2 years | Ch. 541, Sec 541.05, 541.07 |
| Mississippi | 3 years | Title 15, Ch. 1, Sec. 15-1-49 |
| Missouri | 5 years | Title 35, Ch. 516, Sec. 516.120 |
| Montana | 3 years | Title 27, Ch. 2, 27-2-204 and 27-2-207 |
| Nebraska | 4 years | Title 25, Section 207, 25-207 |
| Nevada | 2 years | Chapter 11, Sec 11.190 |
| New Hampshire | 3 years | Chapter 508, Sec. 508.4 |
| New Jersey | 2 years | Title 2A, Ch. 14, Sec. 2A:14-2 |
| New Mexico | 3 years | Ch. 37, Art. 1, Sec. 37-1-8 |
| New York | 3 years | Civil Practice Laws and Rules, Art. 2, Sec. 214 |
| N. Carolina | 3 years | Title 1, Section 1-52 |
| N. Dakota | 6 years; 2 years in wrongful death | Title 28, Ch. 1, Secs. 28-01-16 and 28-01-18 |
| Ohio | 2 years | Title 23, Ch. 5, Sec. 2305.10 |
| Oklahoma | 2 years | Title 12, Ch. 3, Sec. 95 |
| Oregon | 2 years | Ch. 12, Sec. 12.110 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 years | 42 PA Con. Stat. Section 5524 |
| Rhode Island | 3 years | Title 9, Ch. 1, Sec. 9-1-14 |
| S. Carolina | 3 years | Title 15, Ch. 3, Sec. 15-3-530 |
| S. Dakota | 3 years | Title 15, Ch. 2, Sec. 15-2-14 |
| Tennessee | 1 year | Title 28, Ch. 3, Sec. 28-3-104 |
| Texas | 2 years | Civ. Prac. & Rem Code, Title 2, Ch. 16, Sec. 16.003 |
| Utah | 4 years | Title 78, Ch. 12, Sec. 78-12-25 |
| Vermont | 3 years | Title 12, Part 2, Ch. 23, Subch. 2, Sec. 512 |
| Virginia | 2 years | Title 8.01, Ch. 4, Sec. 8.01-243 |
| Washington | 3 years | Title 4, Ch. 16, Sec. 4.16.080 |
| West Virginia | 2 years | Title 55, Ch. 2, Sec. 55-2-12 |
| Wisconsin | 3 years | Chapter 893, Sec. 893.54 |
| Wyoming | 4 years | Title 1, Ch. 3, Sec. 1-3-105 |
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