§ 28-3-105. Property Tort Actions — Statutory Liabilities
The following actions shall be commenced within three (3) years from the accruing of the cause of action: Actions for injuries to personal or real property; Actions for the detention or conversion of personal property; and Civil actions based upon the alleged violation of any federal or state statute creating monetary liability for personal services […]
§ 28-3-106. Recovery of Gambling Losses
Actions to recover money or goods lost at any kind of gambling or betting, and paid or delivered: If brought by the loser, shall be commenced within ninety (90) days next after such payment or delivery; If brought for the use of the spouse, child or children, or next of kin, within twelve (12) months […]
§ 28-3-107. Actions for Usury
No action shall be brought on claim for usury after two (2) years from the date of the payment of the debt upon which such claim for usury shall be based.
§ 28-3-108. Actions Against Sureties of Collecting Officer
Actions against sureties of any collecting officer, for failing to pay over money collected, when the collecting officer has made return of an execution or other process that the money is made or the process satisfied, shall be commenced within three (3) years from the return of the process. Code 1858, § 2774 (deriv. Acts […]
§ 28-2-111. Period of Validity of Liens — Extension
Liens on realty, equitable or retained in favor of vendor on the face of the deed, also liens of mortgages, deeds of trust, and assignments of realty executed to secure debts, shall be barred, and the liens discharged, unless suits to enforce the same be brought within ten (10) years from the maturity of the […]
§ 28-2-112. Challenge of Title of Parcel Conveyed Pursuant to Tax Proceeding
A person, and those claiming through such person, who receives title to a parcel conveyed pursuant to a tax proceeding is vested with an absolute and indefeasible title in fee in the parcel, unless a judicial action challenging the title of the parcel is filed in an appropriate court within three (3) years of the […]
§ 28-3-101. Scope of Chapter
All civil actions, other than those for causes embraced in chapter 2 of this title, shall be commenced after the cause of action has accrued, within the periods prescribed in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly provided. Code 1858, § 2769; Shan., § 4466; Code 1932, § 8592; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-301. Compiler’s Note. For […]
§ 28-2-101. Adverse Possession — State Conveyance
Any person having had, either personally or through those through whom that person’s claim arises, individually or through whom a person claims, seven (7) years’ adverse possession of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, granted by this state or the state of North Carolina, holding by conveyance, devise, grant, or other assurance of title, purporting to […]
§ 28-2-102. Action Barred After Seven Years
Any person, and those claiming under such person neglecting for the term of seven (7) years to avail themselves of the benefit of any title, legal or equitable, by action at law or in equity, effectually prosecuted against the person in possession, under recorded assurance of title, as in § 28-2-101, are forever barred. Code […]
§ 28-2-103. Seven-Year Period Runs From Time Right Accrued — Extent of Possession
No person or anyone claiming under such person shall have any action, either at law or in equity, for the recovery of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, but within seven (7) years after the right of action accrued. No possession of lands, tenements or hereditaments shall be deemed to extend beyond the actual possession of […]