Time limit for a claim in state statutes
The period in which an action must be brought.
Statute-text comparison only, not legal advice. Verify against the current official code.
Found in reviewed text (27)
- Alabama — No action may be brought under this chapter more than one year after the person bringing the action discovers or reasonably should have discovered the act or practice
- Alaska — Two years after discovery
- California — three years from the date of the commission of such method, act, or practice
- Connecticut — An action may not be brought more than three years after the occurrence of a violation.
- Delaware — 5 years from accrual for Attorney General actions under this chapter.
- District of Columbia — Violation occurred more than three years prior to the filing of the complaint.
- Georgia — two years
- Hawaii — may be tolled under equitable tolling doctrine of fraudulent concealment
- Idaho — Two (2) years
- Illinois — 3 years after the cause of action accrued
- Iowa — Two years of the occurrence of the last event giving rise to the cause of action or two years of discovery of the violation, whichever is later.
- Kentucky — Within one year after AG action terminated or within two years after the violation, whichever is later
- Louisiana — One year liberative prescription from the time of the transaction or act.
- Michigan — Not more than 6 years after the occurrence of the method, act, or practice, or more than 1 year after the last payment in a transaction involving the method, act, or practice, whichever ends later
- Montana — Within the timeframe described in 27-2-211
- New Hampshire — Transactions entered into more than 3 years prior to when plaintiff knew or should have known are exempt
- North Dakota — four years after the claim for relief accrues
- Ohio — two years after violation or one year after termination of AG proceedings, whichever is later
- Oregon — One year after discovery of the unlawful method, act or practice
- South Carolina — Three years after discovery of unlawful conduct
- South Dakota — No action under this chapter may be brought more than four years after the occurrence or discovery of the conduct which is the subject of the action.
- Texas — All actions brought under this subchapter must be commenced within two years after the date on which the false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice occurred
- Virginia — Two years after accrual.
- Washington — four years
- West Virginia — No action may be brought more than four years after the violations occurred; one year for foreclosure sale actions.
- Wisconsin — 3 years
- Wyoming — within one (1) year after the initial discovery... within two (2) years following such consumer transaction, whichever occurs first
Not found or not captured (24)
A missing finding does not establish that the law lacks this provision.