# Catch-all (no other period fixed) · Maryland — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Catch-all (no other period fixed) · Maryland, limitation period is three years; when the clock starts is from the date it accrues; section is 5–101; how the statute describes it is A civil action at law shall be filed within three years from the date it accrues unless another provision of the Code provides a different period of time, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Catch-all (no other period fixed) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Maryland _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** three years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** A civil action at law shall be filed within three years from the date it accrues unless another provision of the Code provides a different period of time _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** from the date it accrues _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 5–101 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> §5–101. A civil action at law shall be filed within three years from the date it accrues unless another provision of the Code provides a different period of time within which an action shall be commenced.

## Source

- https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcj&section=5-101

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/).