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

For Personal injury · Wisconsin, limitation period is 3 years; how the statute describes it is An action to recover damages for injuries to the person, including an action to recover damages for injuries to the person caused or sustained by or arising from an accident involving a motor vehicle, verified against its source on 2026-08-25.

- **Type of claim:** Personal injury _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State:** Wisconsin _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Limitation period:** 3 years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How the statute describes it:** An action to recover damages for injuries to the person, including an action to recover damages for injuries to the person caused or sustained by or arising from an accident involving a motor vehicle _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> the following actions shall be commenced within 3 years or be barred: <https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/893.54(1m)(a)> 893.54(1m)(a) (a) An action to recover damages for injuries to the person, including an action to recover damages for injuries to the person caused or sustained by or arising from an accident involving a motor vehicle.

## Source

- https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/893/v

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/).