North Carolina General Statutes
Article 31 - Tort Claims against State Departments and Agencies.
§ 143-299 - Limitation on claims.

143-299. Limitation on claims.
All claims against any and all State departments, institutions, and agencies shall henceforth be forever barred unless a claim be filed with the Industrial Commission within three years after the accrual of such claim, or if death results from the accident, the claim for wrongful death shall be forever barred unless a claim be filed by the personal representative of the deceased with the Industrial Commission within two years after such death. (1951, c. 1059, s. 11; 1973, c. 659.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions

Article 31 - Tort Claims against State Departments and Agencies.

§ 143-291 - Industrial Commission constituted a court to hear and determine claims; damages; liability insurance in lieu of obligation under Article[Effective July 1, 2022]

§ 143-291.1 - Costs.

§ 143-291.2 - Costs and fees.

§ 143-291.3 - Counterclaims by State.

§ 143-292 - Notice of determination of claim; appeal to full Commission.

§ 143-293 - Appeals to Court of Appeals.

§ 143-294 - Appeal to Court of Appeals to act as supersedeas.

§ 143-295 - Settlement of claims.

§ 143-295.1 - Settlement of small claims against institutions of the Department of Health and Human Services.

§ 143-296 - Powers of Industrial Commission; deputies.

§ 143-297 - Affidavit of claimant; docketing; venue; notice of hearing; answer, demurrer or other pleading to affidavit.

§ 143-298 - Duty of Attorney General; expenses; subpoenas.

§ 143-299 - Limitation on claims.

§ 143-299.1 - Contributory negligence a matter of defense; burden of proof.

§ 143-299.1A - Limit use of public duty doctrine as an affirmative defense.

§ 143-299.2 - Limitation on payments by the State.

§ 143-299.3 - Use of State vehicles by North Carolina Amateur Sports; State to incur no liability.

§ 143-299.4 - Payment of State excess liability.

§ 143-300 - Rules and regulations of Industrial Commission; destruction of records.

§ 143-300.1 - Claims against county and city boards of education for accidents involving school buses or school transportation service vehicles.

§ 143-300.1A - (See Editor's note on condition precedent) Claims arising from certain smallpox vaccinations of State employees.