# Oral contract · Colorado — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Oral contract · Colorado, limitation period is three years; when the clock starts is after the cause of action accrues; section is 13-80-101; how the statute describes it is All contract actions, including personal contracts, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Oral contract _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Colorado _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** three years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** All contract actions, including personal contracts _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** after the cause of action accrues _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 13-80-101 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 13-80-101. General limitation of actions - three years. (1) The following civil actions, regardless of the theory upon which suit is brought, or against whom suit is brought, shall be commenced within three years after the cause of action accrues, and not thereafter: (a) All contract actions, including personal contracts

## Source

- https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-13.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-25. Review by: 2027-08-25.
Part of [Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim](https://referencesource.org/state-civil-statute-of-limitations/).