New York Laws
Article 2 - Limitations of Time
201 - Application of Article.

§ 201. Application of article. An action, including one brought in the
name or for the benefit of the state, must be commenced within the time
specified in this article unless a different time is prescribed by law
or a shorter time is prescribed by written agreement. No court shall
extend the time limited by law for the commencement of an action.

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New York Laws

CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules

Article 2 - Limitations of Time

201 - Application of Article.

202 - Cause of Action Accruing Without the State.

203 - Method of Computing Periods of Limitation Generally.

204 - Stay of Commencement of Action; Demand for Arbitration.

205 - Termination of Action.

205-A - Termination of Certain Actions Related to Real Property.

206 - Computing Periods of Limitation in Particular Actions.

207 - Defendant's Absence From State or Residence Under False Name.

208 - Infancy, Insanity.

209 - War.

210 - Death of Claimant or Person Liable; Cause of Action Accruing After Death and Before Grant of Letters.

211 - Actions to Be Commenced Within Twenty Years.

212 - Actions to Be Commenced Within Ten or Fifteen Years.

213 - Actions to Be Commenced Within Six Years: Where Not Otherwise Provided For; on Contract; on Sealed Instrument; on Bond or Note, and Mortgage Upon Real

213-A - Residential Rent Overcharge.

213-B - Action by a Victim of a Criminal Offense.

213-C - Action by Victim of Conduct Constituting Certain Sexual Offenses.

213-D - Actions to Be Commenced Within Three Years; Medical Debt.

214 - Actions to Be Commenced Within Three Years: For Non-Payment of Money Collected on Execution; for Penalty Created by Statute; to Recover Chattel; for Injury to Property; for Personal Injury; for Malpractice Other Than Medical, Dental or Podiatri...

214-A - Action for Medical, Dental or Podiatric Malpractice to Be Commenced Within Two Years and Six Months; Exceptions.

214-B - Action to Recover Damages for Personal Injury Caused by Contact With or Exposure to Phenoxy Herbicides.

214-C - Certain Actions to Be Commenced Within Three Years of Discovery.

214-D - Limitations on Certain Actions Against Licensed Engineers and Architects.

214-E - Action to Recover Damages for Personal Injury Caused by the Infusion of Such Blood Products Which Result in the Contraction of the Human Immunodeficie

214-F - Action to Recover Damages for Personal Injury Caused by Contact With or Exposure to Any Substance or Combination of Substances Found Within an Area Designated as a Superfund Site.

214-G - Certain Child Sexual Abuse Cases.

214-H - Certain Actions by Public Water Suppliers to Recover Damages for Injury to Property.

214-I - Certain Actions Arising Out of Consumer Credit Transactions to Be Commenced Within Three Years.

214-I*2 - Action to Recover Damages for Personal Injury Caused by Contact With or Exposure to Toxic Burn Pits.

214-J - Certain Sexual Offense Actions.

215 - Actions to Be Commenced Within One Year: Against Sheriff, Coroner or Constable; for Escape of Prisoner; for Assault, Battery, False Imprisonment, Malicious Prosecution, Libel or Slander; for Violation of Right of Privacy; for Penalty Given to I...

216 - Abbreviation of Period to One Year After Notice.

217 - Proceeding Against Body or Officer; Actions Complaining About Conduct That Would Constitute a Union's Breach of Its Duty of Fair Representation; Four

217-A - Actions to Be Commenced Within One Year and Ninety Days.

218 - Transitional Provisions.