# Property damage · Maine — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Property damage · Maine, limitation period is 6 years; when the clock starts is after the cause of action accrues; section is §752; how the statute describes it is All civil actions shall be commenced within 6 years after the cause of action accrues, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Property damage _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Maine _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** 6 years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** All civil actions shall be commenced within 6 years after the cause of action accrues _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** after the cause of action accrues _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** §752 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> §752. Six years All civil actions shall be commenced within 6 years after the cause of action accrues and not afterwards, except actions on a judgment or decree of any court of record of the United States, or of any state, or of a justice of the peace in this State, and except as otherwise specially provided.

## Source

- https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec752.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/).