# Personal injury · Delaware — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Personal injury · Delaware, limitation period is 2 years; when the clock starts is from the date upon which it is claimed that such alleged injuries were sustained; section is § 8119; how the statute describes it is No action for the recovery of damages upon a claim for alleged personal injuries, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Personal injury _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Delaware _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** 2 years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** No action for the recovery of damages upon a claim for alleged personal injuries _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** from the date upon which it is claimed that such alleged injuries were sustained _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** § 8119 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 8119. Personal injuries. No action for the recovery of damages upon a claim for alleged personal injuries shall be brought after the expiration of 2 years from the date upon which it is claimed that such alleged injuries were sustained; subject, however, to the provisions of § 8127 of this title.

## Source

- https://delcode.delaware.gov/title10/c081/index.html

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/).