Personal injury · Arizona
For Personal injury · Arizona, limitation period is two years; when the clock starts is after the cause of action accrues; section is 12-542; how the statute describes it is For injuries done to the person of another, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Personal injury our reading
- State
- Arizona
- Limitation period
- two years verified
- How the statute describes it
- For injuries done to the person of another verified
- When the clock starts
- after the cause of action accrues verified
- Section
- 12-542 verified
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What the source says
12-542. Injury to person; injury when death ensues; injury to property; conversion of property; forcible entry and forcible detainer; two year limitation Except as provided in section 12-551 there shall be commenced and prosecuted within two years after the cause of action accrues, and not afterward, the following actions: 1. For injuries done to the person of another including causes of action for medical malpractice as defined in section 12-561.
— azleg.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- azleg.govhttps://www.azleg.gov/ars/12/00542.htm