# Wrongful death · North Dakota — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Wrongful death · North Dakota, limitation period is two years; when the clock starts is the claim for relief must be deemed to have accrued at the time of the death of the party injured; section is 28-01-18; how the statute describes it is An action for injuries done to the person of another, when death ensues from such injuries, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Wrongful death _(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 injuries done to the person of another, when death ensues from such injuries _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** the claim for relief must be deemed to have accrued at the time of the death of the party injured _(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. 2. An action upon a statute for a forfeiture or penalty to the state. 3. An action for the recovery of damages resulting from malpractice; provided, however, that the limitation of an action against a physician or licensed hospital will not be extended beyond six years of the act or omission of alleged malpractice by a nondiscovery thereof unless discovery was prevented by the fraudulent conduct of the physician or licensed hospital. This limitation is subject to the provisions of section 28-01-25. 4. An action for injuries done to the person of another, when death ensues from such injuries, and the claim for relief must be deemed to have accrued at the time of the death of the party injured;

## 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/).