Property damage · North Carolina
For Property damage · North Carolina, limitation period is three years; section is 1-52; how the statute describes it is For taking, detaining, converting or injuring any goods or chattels, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Property damage our reading
- State
- North Carolina verified
- Limitation period
- three years verified
- How the statute describes it
- For taking, detaining, converting or injuring any goods or chattels verified
- Section
- 1-52 verified
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What the source says
1-52. Three years. Within three years an action - (1) Upon a contract, obligation or liability arising out of a contract, express or implied, except those mentioned in the preceding sections or in G.S. 1-53(1). (1a) Upon the official bond of a public officer. (2) Upon a liability created by statute, either state or federal, unless some other time is mentioned in the statute creating it. (3) For trespass upon real property. When the trespass is a continuing one, the action shall be commenced within three years from the original trespass, and not thereafter. (4) For taking, detaining, converting or injuring any goods or chattels, including action for their specific recovery.
— ncleg.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- ncleg.govhttps://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_1/Article_5.html