New York is currently one of 19 states we are aware have taken some form of action to toll statute of limitations in the wake of COVID-19. The others are Connecticut, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. We are continuing to monitor and will update this website regularly.
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- California law empowers state Superior Court judges to petition the Supreme Court to issue emergency orders.
- A number of Superior Court judges have been granted authority to treat time periods as court holidays for purposes of calculating deadlines and statutes of limitations.
- The specific time period differs from court to court.
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Connecticut
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- As of March 19, all deadlines and statutes of limitation that are set to expire during the length of the public emergency in Connecticut are suspended until the public emergency has ended.
- Court procedures will resume upon order of the Governor that the emergency has ended.
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Delaware
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- As of April 14, Delaware has extended statutes of limitation that were set to expire on or before May 14 through June 1.
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Georgia
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- Suspension of statutes of limitations extended to May 13.
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Iowa
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- As of March 17, all statutes of limitation or other filing deadlines are tolled by 48 days.
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Kansas
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- All statutes of limitation and deadlines are postponed as of the publication of the House Substitute for Kansas SB 102 authorizing the tolling of statutes of limitation.
- SB 102 was substituted by the House on March 16 and signed by the Governor on March 19.
- The House Substitute was published on March 19 and by the terms of the Kansas Supreme Court order applies until further order.
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Louisiana
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- As of April 2, Louisiana has extended its suspension of statutes of limitation until April 30.
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Massachusetts
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- As of April 6, Massachusetts has extended its suspension of statutes of limitation until May 3.
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Michigan
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- All deadlines for commencing a civil action, including initial filing deadlines and any statutory prerequisites for filing during the state of emergency declared by the Governor are postponed.
- This order is in operation as of March 23.
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New Hampshire
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- As of March 27, New Hampshire extended all statutes set to expire between then and May 3 until May 4 and/or the last day of the existing State of Emergency.
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New Jersey
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- As of March 27, the tolling period has been extended to April 26.
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New York
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- As of April 7, the Governor of New York issued an order extending all previous orders, including the suspension of statutes of limitation, until May 7.
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Ohio
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- Currently pending Governor signature, HB 197 would toll statutes of limitation from March 9 through July 30.
- Section 22 of the bill tolls all statutes of limitation and deadlines set to expire in that time.
- HB 197 was signed by the Governor on March 27, immediately tolling all statutes of limitation until the end of the state of emergency or July 30, whichever is sooner.
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Oklahoma
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- As of March 27, Oklahoma has extended its statutes of limitation through May 15.
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Pennsylvania
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- As of April 1, Pennsylvania courts have extended their previous orders through April 30.
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Tennessee
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- As of March 13, all deadlines and statutes of limitation that are set to expire between then and May 5 would be extended until May 6.
- All deadlines set to expire outside of this timeframe are not extended.
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Texas
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- As of March 13, all deadlines and statutes of limitation, for all purposes, are suspended and tolled through May 1.
- On April 1, the period of statute of limitations tolling in Texas was extended on to June 1.
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Virginia
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- As of March 16, all deadlines are tolled and extended for 21 days.
- The order pertains to all filings, including filings for appeal and all trial-related deadlines.
- Tolling of statutes of limitations extended to April 26.
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West Virginia
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- As of April 3, West Virginia has suspended all statutes of limitation set to expire between March 23 and May 1 to May 4.
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Special thanks to law clerk Nicholas Poe for his assistance in the preparation of this content.
