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|  |  | STATE |  | STATUTE CODE |  | YEARS |  |  | 
|  |  | Alabama |  | Code of New Hampshire Section 6-2-38 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Alaska |  | Alaska Statutes Section 09 
10.070 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Arizona |  | Arizona Revised Statutes Section 
12-542 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | California |  | Calif. Civ. Procedure code Section 
335.1 1 year for accidents before January 1, 2003
 2 years for accidents 
after January 1, 2003.
 |  | 1 or 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Colorado |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Colorado Revised Statutes Section 
13-80-102 |  |  |  | 
|  |  | Connecticut |  | Connecticut General Statutes 
Section 52-584 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Delaware |  | Delaware Code Annotated cc 8107, 
8119 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | D.C. |  | District of Columbia Code Section 
12-301 |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Florida |  | Florida Statutes Section 95.11 |  | 4 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Georgia |  | Georgia Code Ann. Section 
3-1004 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Hawaii |  | Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 
657-7 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Idaho |  | Idaho Code Section 5-219 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Illinois |  | Illinois Statutes Ann. Section 
13-202 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Indiana |  | Indiana Code Ann. Section 
34-1-2-2 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Iowa |  | Iowa Code Annotated Section 
614.1 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Kansas |  | Kansas Statutes Annotated Section 
60.513 |  | 2 year |  |  | 
|  |  | Louisiana |  | Louisiana Civil Code Section 
3492 |  | 1 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Maine |  | Maine Revised Statutes Ann. Section 
752 |  | 6 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Maryland |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Maryland Courts and Judicial 
Proceedings Code, Section 5-101
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|  |  | Massachusetts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Massachusetts General Laws Ann. Ch. 
260, Section 2A4
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|  |  | Michigan |  | Michigan Compiled Laws Section 
600.5805S |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Mississippi |  | Mississippi Code Annotated Section 
15-1-49 |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Missouri |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Missouri Statute Annotated 35 
Section 516.120 |  |  |  | 
|  |  | Montana |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Montana Code Annotated Section 
27-2-204, 27-2-207 |  |  |  | 
|  |  | Nebraska |  | Revised Statutes of Nebraska 
Section 25-208 |  | 4 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Nevada |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Nevada Revised Statutes Annotated 
Section 11.190 |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  | New Hampshire |  | New Hampshire Revised Statutes 
Ann.Section 508:4 |  |  |  | 
|  |  | New Jersey |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | New Jersey Statutes Annotated 
Section 2A:14-2 |  |  |  | 
|  |  | New Mexico |  | New Mexico Statutes Ann. Section 
37-1-8 |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  | New York |  | NEW YORK CIV. PRAC.R. Section 
214 |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  | North Carolina |  | General Statutes of North Carolina 
Section 1-52 |  |  |  | 
|  |  | North Dakota |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | North Dakota Century Code Section 
28-01-16 |  |  |  | 
|  |  | Ohio |  | Ohio Rev. Code Ann. Section 
2305.10 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Oklahoma |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Oklahoma Statutes Annotated Title 
12 Section 95 |  |  |  | 
|  |  | Oregon |  | Oregon Revised Statutes Section 
12.110 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Pennsylvania |  | 42 PA Con. Stat. Annotated Section 
5524 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Rhode Island |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | General Laws of Rhode Island 
Section 9-1-14 |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  |  | South Carolina Code 
Ann. Section 15-3-530 |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  | South Carolina |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  | South Dakota |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | South Dakota Comp. Laws Ann. Section 15-12-2, 15-2-14
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|  |  | Tennessee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 year |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Tennessee Code Annotated Section 
28-3-104 |  |  |  | 
|  |  | Texas |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Texas Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code 
Ann. 2 Section 16.003 |  |  |  | 
|  |  | Utah |  | Utah Code Annotated Section 
78-12-25 |  | 4 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Vermont |  | Vermont Statutes Ann. Title 12, 
Section 512 |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Virginia |  | Virginia code Section 8.01-243 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Washington |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Revised Code of Washington 
Ann.Section 4.16.020 |  |  |  | 
|  |  | West Virginia |  | West Virginia Code Section 
55-2-12 |  | 2 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Wisconsin |  | Wisconsin Statutes Annotated 
Section 893.54 |  | 3 years |  |  | 
|  |  | Wyoming |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 years |  |  |