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Connecticut Statute of Limitations

What is the statute of limitations for your legal rights in Connecticut?

Statute of Limitation Laws in Connecticut

Connecticut State Seal In order to convict you of an offense or sue you for monetary gain, your crime, tort or contractual agreement must fall within a certain time-line allowed by law. An Connecticut law on statute of limitations is simply that time which is allotted by the law as written by the state of Connecticut within which you can be convicted or held liable for a debt.

Below is the Connecticut statute of limitations listings for a number of different offenses and torts. While this list is updated regularly, often-times laws in every state get modified, repealed, amended or changed by legislation. Please consult with a qualified Connecticut attorney in this and any other legal matter.

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CONNECTICUT STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
Type of Offense	Length of Statute
Any Capital Offense:	No Limit
Rape:	No Limit
Drug trafficking:	5 Years
Forgery (felony):	5 Years
Counterfeiting(felony):	5 Years
Contracts:	6 Years
Injury to personal property:	2 Years
Open accounts for debt collections:	3 Years
Wrongful Death:	2 Years
Medical Malpractice Actions:	Plaintiffs have two years to bring the case before the court but no more than three years from the date of injury or omission. Code Section § 52-584
Fraud:	3 years from when the fraud was or reasonably should have been discovered.
Intentional Torts:	2 Years
Libel \| Slander \| Defamation:	2 Years
Personal Injury Actions:	2 years from the date of injury
Rules for Minors:	Limitation period begins to run on the minors 18th birthday, except in cases of medical malpractice or wrongful death
Oral Agreements:	3 Years
Products Liability Actions:	Within 2 years of the date of discovery
Complete Connecticut criminal revised statute of limitations can be found on the Connecticut Criminal Statute of Limitations page.

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Connecticut Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

In order for an Connecticut debt collector or debt buyer to sue you to collect a debt they have to do that within the time limits that the state of Connecticut law requires. This is what is known as the statute of limitations. If they sue you outside of that statute of limitations then that may violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Even threatening to sue you beyond the statute of limitations can also be considered a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) violation.

If you are dealing with an unscrupulous Connecticut debt collector that is threatening you with a lawsuit, whether verbal or written, for an old debt, then you need to look at the Connecticut statute of limitations if that debt collector has a potential case against you or has potentially violated the FDCP Act.

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