New York Statute of Limitations Lookup
Choose a cause of action for the limitations period and governing CPLR section. Add an accrual date to estimate the filing deadline. Watch the flags — discovery rules, tolling, and notice-of-claim requirements can move the real deadline.
New York limitations periods by cause of action
Every cause of action in the lookup has its own reference page with the period, the governing CPLR section, accrual and discovery-rule notes, and the tolling provisions that can extend it.
- Action against sheriff, coroner, or constable 1 year · CPLR 215
- Action on an arbitration award 1 year · CPLR 215
- Annulment of marriage — fraud 3 years · CPLR 214(7)
- Article 78 proceeding against a body or officer 4 months · CPLR 217(1)
- Assault, battery, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, libel, slander, privacy 1 year · CPLR 215
- Breach of duty of fair representation (union) 4 months · CPLR 217(2)
- Child sexual abuse civil claims (under 18) Special rule — see notes · CPLR 208
- Contract (express or implied) 6 years · CPLR 213(2)
- Corporation v. director/officer/stockholder — fraud, waste, accounting 6 years · CPLR 213(7)
- Domestic violence injury 2 years · CPLR 215(9)
- Escape of a prisoner 1 year · CPLR 215
- Injury to property 3 years · CPLR 214(4)
- Latent injury from toxic substance exposure 3 years · CPLR 214-c
- Malpractice other than medical/dental/podiatric 3 years · CPLR 214(6)
- Medical debt (hospital or licensed health-care professional) 3 years · CPLR 213-d
- Medical malpractice — failure to diagnose cancer 2 years, 6 months · CPLR 214-a
- Medical malpractice — foreign object 1 year · CPLR 214-a
- Medical, dental, or podiatric malpractice 2 years, 6 months · CPLR 214-a
- No specific period prescribed / catch-all 6 years · CPLR 213(1)
- Non-payment of money collected on execution 3 years · CPLR 214(1)
- Personal injury (general) 3 years · CPLR 214(5)
- Personal injury / property damage v. political subdivision or public benefit corporation 1 year, 90 days · CPLR 217-a
- Personal injury — phenoxy herbicide (Vietnam veterans) 2 years · CPLR 214-b
- Recovery of chattel 3 years · CPLR 214(3)
- Residential rent overcharge 6 years · CPLR 213-a
- Sealed instrument / bond or mortgage on real property 6 years · CPLR 213(4)
- Sexual offense civil claims (adult victims) 20 years · CPLR 213-c
- Statutory liability, penalty, or forfeiture 3 years · CPLR 214(2)
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