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

For Personal injury · Vermont, limitation period is three years; when the clock starts is the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue as of the date of the discovery of the injury; section is § 512; how the statute describes it is injuries to the person suffered by the act or default of another person, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Personal injury _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Vermont _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** three years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** injuries to the person suffered by the act or default of another person _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue as of the date of the discovery of the injury _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** § 512 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> § 512. Assault and battery; false imprisonment; slander and libel; injuries to person or property Actions for the following causes shall be commenced within three years after the cause of action accrues, and not after: (1) assault and battery; (2) false imprisonment; (3) slander and libel; (4) except as otherwise provided in this chapter, injuries to the person suffered by the act or default of another person, provided that the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue as of the date of the discovery of the injury;

## Source

- http://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/12/023/00512

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/).