# Oral contract · Ohio — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Oral contract · Ohio, limitation period is within four years; when the clock starts is after the cause of action accrued; how the statute describes it is an action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Oral contract _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Ohio _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** within four years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** an action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** after the cause of action accrued _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> an action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied, shall be brought within four years after the cause of action accrued.

## Source

- https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2305.07

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/).