# Property damage · Vermont — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim

For Property damage · Vermont, limitation period is three years; when the clock starts is after the cause of action accrues; section is § 512; how the statute describes it is damage to personal property suffered by the act or default of another, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Property damage _(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:** damage to personal property suffered by the act or default of another _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** after the cause of action accrues _(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; (5) damage to personal property suffered by the act or default of another.

## 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/).