32-12.1-10. Statute of limitations.
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1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an action brought under this chapter
must be commenced within three years after the claim for relief has accrued.
2. An action under this chapter for relief that resulted from sexual assault, sexual abuse,
gross sexual imposition, or any other claim based on a sexual act or sexual contact as
defined in chapter 12.1-20 must be commenced:
a. Within nine years after the date the act occurred; or
b. Within twenty-one years after the date the act occurred, if the act occurred when
the plaintiff was under eighteen years of age.
3. If the plaintiff was under fifteen years of age when a claim for relief resulting from
sexual assault, sexual abuse, gross sexual imposition, or any other claim based on a
sexual act or sexual contact as defined in chapter 12.1-20 occurred, the applicable
twenty-one year period of limitation does not begin to run until the plaintiff has reached
fifteen years of age.