| State |
Length of Limitation |
Code Number |
State Website Link |
| Alabama |
2 years |
Title 6, Ch. 2, 6-2-38 |
State Website Link |
| Alaska |
2 years |
Sec. 9.10.070 |
State Website Link |
| Arizona |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
Title 12, Article 3, Secs. 12-541, 12-542 |
State Website Link |
| Arkansas |
3 years; 2 years med malpractice; 1 year slander |
Secs. 16-56-104, 16-56-105, 16-114-203 |
State Website Link |
| California |
2 years (generally, but see State Website Link for specific limits); 1 year for slander, libel |
Code of Civ. Proc. Sec. 335.1, 340 |
State Website Link |
| Colorado |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
Colo. Rev. Stat. Secs. 13-80-102, 13-80-103 |
State Website Link |
| Connecticut |
2 years |
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ch. 926 Sec. 52-584 |
State Website Link |
| Delaware |
2 years |
Title 10, Ch. 81, Sec. 8119 |
State Website Link |
| Dist of Columbia |
3 years; 1 year libel/slander |
Title 12, Ch. 3, Sec. 12-301 |
State Website Link |
| Florida |
4 years; 2 years medical malpractice; 1 year libel/slander |
Title 8, Ch. 95, Sec. 95.11 |
State Website Link |
| Georgia |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
Sec §9-3-33 |
State Website Link |
| Hawaii |
2 years |
Rev. Code Ann. § 657-7 |
State Website Link |
| Idaho |
2 years |
Title 5, Ch. 2, Sec. 5-219 |
State Website Link |
| Illinois |
2 years; 1 year defamation |
735 ILCS 5/13-201, 13-202 |
State Website Link |
| Indiana |
2 years |
Title 34, Art. 11, Ch. 2, Sec. 34-11-2-3, 34-11-2-4 |
State Website Link |
| Iowa |
2 years |
Chapter 614, Section 614.1 |
State Website Link |
| Kansas |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
Chapter 60, Art 5, Secs. 60-513, 60-514 |
State Website Link |
| Kentucky |
1 year |
Title 36, Chapter 413, Sec. 413.140 |
State Website Link |
| Louisiana |
1 year |
Civ. Code §3492 |
State Website Link |
| Maine |
6 years; 2 years libel/slander |
Title 14,Part 2, Ch. 205, Sub. 1, Secs. 752, 753 |
State Website Link |
| Maryland |
3 years; 1 year libel/slander |
Courts and Judicial Proceedings, Secs. 5-101, 5-105 |
State Website Link |
| Massachusetts |
3 years |
Title 5, Ch. 260, Secs. 2A and 4 |
State Website Link |
| Michigan |
3 years; 2 years malpractice; 1 year libel/slander |
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5805, number 6, 9 and 10. |
State Website Link |
| Minnesota |
6 years; 2 years for libel/slander |
Minn. Stat. Ann. § 541.07 |
State Website Link |
| Mississippi |
3 years; 2 years malpractice; 1 year libel/slander |
Title 15, Ch. 1, Secs. 15-1-36, 15-1-35, 15-1-49 |
State Website Link |
| Missouri |
5 years; 2 years libel/slander; 2 years malpractice |
Title 35, Ch. 516, Secs. 516.105, 516.120, 516.140 |
State Website Link |
| Montana |
3 years; 2 years libel/slander |
Title 27, Ch. 2, 27-2-204 |
State Website Link |
| Nebraska |
4 years; 1 year libel/slander; 2 years malpractice |
Chapter 25, Secs 25-207, 25-208 |
State Website Link |
| Nevada |
2 years |
Chapter 11, Sec 11.190 |
State Website Link |
| New Hampshire |
3 years |
Title LII, Chapter 508, Sec. 508.4 |
State Website Link |
| New Jersey |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
Title 2A, Ch. 14, Sec. 2A:14-2, 14-3 |
State Website Link |
| New Mexico |
3 years |
Ch. 37, Art. 1, Sec. 37-1-8 |
State Website Link |
| New York |
3 years; 2.6 years malpractice; 1 year libel/slander |
Civil Practice Laws and Rules, Art. 2, Secs. 214, 214-a, 215 |
State Website Link |
| N. Carolina |
3 years; 1 year libel/slander; 2 years wrongful death |
Title 1, Secs. 1-52, 1-53. 1-54 |
State Website Link |
| N. Dakota |
6 years; 2 years in wrongful death, libel/slander |
Title 28, Ch. 1, Secs. 28-01-16 and 28-01-18 |
State Website Link |
| Ohio |
2 years; 1 year for libel/slander, malpractice |
Title 23, Ch. 5, Secs. 2305.10, 2305.11 |
State Website Link |
| Oklahoma |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
Title 12, Sec. 12-95 |
State Website Link |
| Oregon |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
Title 2, Ch. 12, Secs. 12.110, 12.120 |
State Website Link |
| Pennsylvania |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
42 PA Con. Stat. Sections 5523, 5524 |
State Website Link |
| Rhode Island |
3 years; 1 year libel/slander |
Title 9, Ch. 1, Sec. 9-1-14 |
State Website Link |
| S. Carolina |
3 years; 2 years libel/slander, Medical Malpractice, 3 years |
Title 15, Ch. 3, Art. 5, Secs. 15-3-530, 15-3-545, 15-3-550 |
State Website Link |
| S. Dakota |
3 years; 2 years libel/slander, medical malpractice |
Title 15, Ch. 2, Secs. 15-2-14, 15-2-14.1, 15-2-15 |
State Website Link |
| Tennessee |
1 year; 6 months slander |
Title 28, Ch. 3, Part 1, Secs. 28-3-103, 28-3-104 |
State Website Link |
| Texas |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
Civ. Prac. & Rem Code, Title 2, Subtitle B, Ch. 16, Subchapter A, Secs. 16.002, 16.003 |
State Website Link |
| Utah |
4 years; 2 years malpractice; 1 year libel/slander |
Title 78B, Ch. 2, Secs. 78B-2-302, 78B-2-304, 78B-2-307 (3), 78B-3-404 |
State Website Link |
| Vermont |
3 years Medical Malpractice |
Title 12, Ch. 23, Secs. 512, 521 |
State Website Link |
| Virginia |
2 years; 1 year libel/slander |
Title 8.01, Ch. 4, Secs. 8.01-243, 8.01-247.1 |
State Website Link |
| Washington |
3 years; 2 years libel/slander |
Title 4, Ch. 16, Secs. 4.16.080, 4.16.100 |
State Website Link |
| West Virginia |
2 years |
Chapter 55, Sec. 55-2-12 |
State Website Link |
| Wisconsin |
3 years, Injury to the person, Medical Malpractice, Intentional Torts |
Chapter 893, Secs. 893.54, 893.55, 893.57 |
State Website Link |
| Wyoming |
4 years; 1 year liable/slander |
Title 1, Ch. 3, Sec. 1-3-105 |
State Website Link |
