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The Vermont Statutes Online

The Vermont Statutes Online have been updated to include the actions of the 2023 session of the General Assembly.

NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.

Title 12 : Court Procedure

Chapter 023 : Limitation of Time for Commencement of Actions

Subchapter 002 : Actions Limited

(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 512)
  • § 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. (Amended 1967, No. 32, § 2, eff. March 16, 1967; 1975, No. 248 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)