Statute of limitations lookup
The short answer
Choose your state and your situation. This shows the statute, the general rule, and the rule for children, with the date we last verified it.
It does not calculate your deadline. That is deliberate. A countdown would be advice, and it would be wrong often enough to cause real harm.
The numbers, up front
- What this shows
- The statute citation and the rules as published in the state code, with the date we last checked 1
- What it does not do
- It does not calculate a date. Deadlines turn on which providers were involved, whether any facility was government-run, and when you knew what 1
- Where we could not verify
- The tool says so rather than guessing. Those states are listed in the sources policy 1
- Two states are different
- Florida and Virginia have no-fault programs with their own deadlines, which are not the same as the civil deadline 2
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Why this tool refuses to give you a date
Four rules interact, and any one of them can be the one that ends a claim.
The limitations period. A statute of repose, measured from the date of care rather than from discovery. The rule for children, which differs enormously by state. And the discovery rule.
On top of those, a government-run hospital often requires a formal notice of claim within months rather than years, and a mother's own claim usually runs on a different, shorter clock than her child's.
A tool that produced a date would be wrong for some families, and being wrong here is permanent. See filing deadlines for how the rules interact.
Questions parents ask
Why does my state say "not verified"?
Because we could not tie that state's provision to the state's own published code during this build, and we do not publish law we have not verified. Ask an attorney licensed in your state, and see the sources policy for how this site handles gaps. 1
Can I rely on the citation shown?
Treat it as a starting point for a conversation with a lawyer. Statutes change, courts interpret them, and deadlines turn on the facts of your case. The date we last verified it is shown so you know how fresh it is.
My child is young. Do we have plenty of time?
Not necessarily. Minor tolling rules differ a great deal by state, some medical malpractice statutes limit tolling more tightly than the general rule, and a statute of repose can cut a claim off regardless of the child's age. 1 Do not assume.
Where these facts come from
- American Bar Association. State Bar Association Directory. 2025. www.americanbar.org/groups/bar_services/resources/state-loca. Link checked September 3, 2026.
- Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association. NICA Program Overview. 2025. www.nica.com/. Link checked September 3, 2026.