# Assault or battery · Minnesota — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Assault or battery · Minnesota, limitation period is two years; how the statute describes it is for libel, slander, assault, battery, false imprisonment, or other tort resulting in personal injury, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Assault or battery _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Minnesota _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** two years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** for libel, slander, assault, battery, false imprisonment, or other tort resulting in personal injury _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> otherwise prescribes, the following actions shall be commenced within two years: (1) for libel, slander, assault, battery, false imprisonment, or other tort resulting in personal injury,

## Source

- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/541.07

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/).