# Written contract · North Carolina — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Written contract · North Carolina, limitation period is three years; section is 1-52; how the statute describes it is Upon a contract, obligation or liability arising out of a contract, express or implied, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Written contract _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** North Carolina _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** three years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** Upon a contract, obligation or liability arising out of a contract, express or implied _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 1-52 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## 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).

## Source

- https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_1/Article_5.html

Last verified: 2026-08-25. Review by: 2027-08-25.
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