# Personal injury · Oregon — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Personal injury · Oregon, limitation period is two years; section is 12.110; how the statute describes it is An action for assault, battery, false imprisonment, or for any injury to the person or rights of another, not arising on contract, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Personal injury _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Oregon _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** two years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** An action for assault, battery, false imprisonment, or for any injury to the person or rights of another, not arising on contract _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 12.110 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 12.110 Actions for certain injuries to person not arising on contract; action for overtime or premium pay; action for professional malpractice; effect of fraud or deceit; action for injuries to person arising from nuclear incident. (1) An action for assault, battery, false imprisonment, or for any injury to the person or rights of another, not arising on contract, and not especially enumerated in this chapter, shall be commenced within two years; provided, that in an action at law based upon fraud or deceit, the limitation shall be deemed to commence only from the discovery of the fraud or deceit.

## Source

- https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors012.html

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