11-81-90
Section 11-81-90 Election contest - Limitation of action. No civil action shall be commenced
to test the validity of any election held by any county of this state for the purpose of issuing
bonds unless the said civil action is commenced within 40 days from the date of the said election.
(Acts 1927, No. 478, p. 534; Code 1940, T. 12, §102.)...
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6-5-221
Section 6-5-221 Limitation on time for commencement of action. (a) All civil actions in tort,
contract, or otherwise against any architect or engineer performing or furnishing the design,
planning, specifications, testing, supervision, administration, or observation of any construction
of any improvement on or to real property, or against builders who constructed, or performed
or managed the construction of, an improvement on or to real property designed by and constructed
under the supervision, administration, or observation of an architect or engineer, or designed
by and constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by an architect
or engineer, for the recovery of damages for: (i) Any defect or deficiency in the design,
planning, specifications, testing, supervision, administration, or observation of the construction
of any such improvement, or any defect or deficiency in the construction of any such improvement;
or (ii) Damage to real or personal property...
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6-5-482
Section 6-5-482 Limitation on time for commencement of action. (a) All actions against physicians,
surgeons, dentists, medical institutions, or other health care providers for liability, error,
mistake, or failure to cure, whether based on contract or tort, must be commenced within two
years next after the act, or omission, or failure giving rise to the claim, and not afterwards;
provided, that if the cause of action is not discovered and could not reasonably have been
discovered within such period, then the action may be commenced within six months from the
date of such discovery or the date of discovery of facts which would reasonably lead to such
discovery, whichever is earlier; provided further, that in no event may the action be commenced
more than four years after such act; except, that an error, mistake, act, omission, or failure
to cure giving rise to a claim which occurred before September 23, 1975, shall not in any
event be barred until the expiration of one year from such...
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35-11-221
Section 35-11-221 Limitation of actions. Any action for the enforcement of the lien declared
in this division must be commenced within six months after the maturity of the entire indebtedness
secured thereby, except as otherwise provided in this division. (Code 1876, §§3444, 3454;
Code 1886, §§3022, 3041; Code 1896, §§2727, 2746; Code 1907, §§4758, 4777; Code 1923,
§§8836, 8855; Code 1940, T. 33, §42.)...
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6-5-547
Section 6-5-547 One million dollar limit on judgments; mistrial if jury advised of limitation.
In any action commenced pursuant to Section 6-5-391 or Section 6-5-410, against a health
care provider whether in contract or in tort based on a breach of the standard of care the
amount of any judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff shall not exceed the sum of $1,000,000.
Any verdict returned in any such action which exceeds $1,000,000 shall be reduced to $1,000,000
by the trial court or such lesser sum as the trial court deems appropriate in accordance with
prevailing standards for reducing excessive verdicts. During the trial of any action brought
pursuant to Section 6-5-391 or 6-5-410 neither the court nor any party shall advise
or infer to the jury that it may not return a verdict in excess of $1,000,000; in the event
the jury is so advised or such inference is made the court, upon motion of an opposing party,
shall immediately declare a mistrial. The maximum amount payable under this...
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19-3B-1005
Section 19-3B-1005 Limitation of action against trustee. (a) A beneficiary may not commence
a proceeding against a trustee for breach of trust more than two years after the date the
beneficiary or a representative of the beneficiary was sent a report that adequately disclosed
the existence of a potential claim for breach of trust. (b) A report adequately discloses
the existence of a potential claim for breach of trust if it provides sufficient information
so that the beneficiary or representative knows of the potential claim or should have inquired
into its existence. (c) If subsection (a) does not apply, then a judicial proceeding by a
beneficiary against a trustee for breach of trust must be commenced within two years after
the first to occur of: (1) the removal, resignation, or death of the trustee; (2) the termination
of the beneficiary's interest in the trust; or (3) the termination of the trust. (Act 2006-216,
p. 314, §1.)...
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19-3B-604
Section 19-3B-604 Limitation on action contesting validity of revocable trust; distribution
of trust property. (a) A person may commence a judicial proceeding to contest the validity
of all or part of the terms of a trust that was revocable at the settlor's death within the
earlier of: (1) two years after the settlor's death; or (2) six months after the trustee sent
the person a copy of the trust instrument and a notice informing the person of the trust's
existence, of the trustee's name and address, and of the time allowed for commencing a proceeding.
(b) Upon the death of the settlor of a trust that was revocable at the settlor's death, the
trustee may proceed to distribute the trust property in accordance with the terms of the trust.
The trustee is not subject to liability for doing so unless: (1) the trustee has actual knowledge
of a pending judicial proceeding contesting the validity of all or part of the terms of the
trust; or (2) if, prior to the trustee's actual distribution, a...
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6-5-574
Section 6-5-574 Limitation on time for commencement of legal service liability action. (a)
All legal service liability actions against a legal service provider must be commenced within
two years after the act or omission or failure giving rise to the claim, and not afterwards;
provided, that if the cause of action is not discovered and could not reasonably have been
discovered within such period, then the action may be commenced within six months from the
date of such discovery or the date of discovery of facts which would reasonably lead to such
discovery, whichever is earlier; provided, further, that in no event may the action be commenced
more than four years after such act or omission or failure; except, that an act or omission
or failure giving rise to a claim which occurred before August 1, 1987, shall not in any event
be barred until the expiration of one year from such date. (b) Subsection (a) of this section
shall be subject to all existing provisions of law relating to the...
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6-5-502
Section 6-5-502 Limitation periods for product liability actions. (a) All product liability
actions against an original seller must be commenced within the following time limits and
not otherwise: (1) Except as specifically provided in subsections (b), (c), and (e) of this
section, within one year of the time the personal injury, death, or property damage occurs;
and (2) Except as specifically provided in subsections (b), (c), and (e) of this section,
each element of a product liability action shall be deemed to accrue at the time the personal
injury, death, or property damage occurs; (b) Where the personal injury, including personal
injury resulting in death, or property damage (i) either is latent or by its nature is not
discoverable in the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time of its occurrence, and (ii)
is the result of ingestion of or exposure to some toxic or harmful or injury-producing substance,
element or particle, including radiation, over a period of time as opposed...
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43-2-131
Section 43-2-131 Limitation on actions against executor or administrator. No civil action must
be commenced against an executor or administrator, as such, until six months after the grant
of letters testamentary or of administration, unless the executor or administrator has given
notice of the disallowance of the claim. (Code 1852, §1917; Code 1867, §2276; Code 1876,
§2614; Code 1886, §2263; Code 1896, §331; Code 1907, §2803; Code 1923, §6042; Acts 1931,
No. 725, p. 841; Code 1940, T. 61, §119.)...
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