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

For Personal injury · Massachusetts, limitation period is three years; when the clock starts is next after the cause of action accrues; section is Section 2A; how the statute describes it is actions of tort, actions of contract to recover for personal injuries, and actions of replevin, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Personal injury _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Massachusetts _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** three years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** actions of tort, actions of contract to recover for personal injuries, and actions of replevin _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** next after the cause of action accrues _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** Section 2A _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Section 2A: Tort, contract to recover for personal injuries, and replevin actions Section 2A. Except as otherwise provided, actions of tort, actions of contract to recover for personal injuries, and actions of replevin, shall be commenced only within three years next after the cause of action accrues.

## Source

- https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleV/Chapter260/Section2A

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/).