§751. Twenty years Except as provided in Title 11, sections 2‑725 and 3‑1118, subsection (1), personal actions on contracts or liabilities under seal, promissory notes signed in the presence of an attesting witness, or on the bills, notes or other evidences of debt issued by a bank must be commenced within 20 years after the […]
§752-A. Design professionals All civil actions for malpractice or professional negligence against architects or engineers duly licensed or registered under Title 32 shall be commenced within 4 years after such malpractice or negligence is discovered, but in no event shall any such action be commenced more than 10 years after the substantial completion of the […]
§752-B. Ski areas All civil actions for property damage, bodily injury or death against a ski area owner or operator or tramway owner or operator or its employees, as defined under Title 32, chapter 133, whether based on tort or breach of contract or otherwise, arising out of participation in skiing or hang gliding or […]
§752-C. Sexual acts towards minors 1. No limitation. Actions based upon sexual acts toward minors may be commenced at any time. [PL 1999, c. 639, §1 (NEW).] 2. Sexual acts toward minors defined. As used in this section, “sexual acts toward minors” means the following acts that are committed against or engaged in with […]
§752-D. Land surveyors All civil actions for professional negligence against a professional land surveyor duly licensed or registered under Title 32 must be commenced within 4 years after the negligence is discovered, but an action may not be commenced more than 10 years after the completion of the contract for services or the completion of […]
§752-E. Crime victims; profits from crime 1. Limitation period. Actions based upon a criminal offense in which, as that offense is defined, there is a victim, as defined in Title 17‑A, section 2101, subsection 2, brought by or on behalf of a victim against the offender must be commenced within the limitation period otherwise provided […]
§752-F. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances A cause of action arising out of any harm or injury caused by a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance accrues on the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered such harm or injury. For the purposes of this section, “perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance” means any member of the class […]
§752. Six years All civil actions shall be commenced within 6 years after the cause of action accrues and not afterwards, except actions on a judgment or decree of any court of record of the United States, or of any state, or of a justice of the peace in this State, and except as otherwise […]
§753-A. Actions against attorneys (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1985, c. 804, §§2,22 (NEW). PL 2001, c. 115, §1 (RP). PL 2001, c. 115, §3 (AFF).
§753-B. Actions against attorneys 1. Time when statute starts to run, generally. In actions alleging professional negligence, malpractice or breach of contract for legal service by a licensed attorney, the statute of limitations starts to run from the date of the act or omission giving rise to the injury, not from the discovery of the […]
§753. Two years Actions for slander and libel must be commenced within 2 years after the cause of action accrues. [PL 2021, c. 207, §1 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1985, c. 804, §§1,22 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 207, §1 (AMD).
§754. One year No action shall be commenced against bail unless within one year after judgment was rendered against the principal; nor against sureties on bonds in criminal cases unless within one year after default of the principal; nor against any person adjudged trustee, unless within one year from the expiration of the first execution […]
