State laws provide statutes of limitations. These are the time limits that the state places on your ability to file a legal claim. In a car accident, you will be concerned with your state’s limitations on personal injury or wrongful death claims depending on the circumstances of the accident. Speak with an attorney to determine your state’s statute of limitations.

Importantly, failing to bring a claim within your states legally permissible time limit may result in being barred from pursuing a claim.

For example, any person who sustains an injury caused by the careless or negligent actions of another individual, business, or entity in the state of Arizona, the statute of limitations for car accidents is two years from the date of your accident with which to file a lawsuit against the alleged negligent party.

Statute of Limitations