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

For Assault or battery · North Dakota, limitation period is two years; when the clock starts is after the claim for relief has accrued; section is 28-01-18; how the statute describes it is An action for libel, slander, assault, battery, or false imprisonment, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Assault or battery _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** North Dakota _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** two years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** An action for libel, slander, assault, battery, or false imprisonment _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** after the claim for relief has accrued _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 28-01-18 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 28-01-18. Actions having two-year limitations. Except as provided in section 28-01-25.2, the following actions must be commenced within two years after the claim for relief has accrued: 1. An action for libel, slander, assault, battery, or false imprisonment.

## Source

- https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t28c01.pdf

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/).