A.R.S. § 12-505

Effect of statute changing limitation

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Chevron Chemical Co. v. Superior Court (1982)

Most recently applied in Estate of Winn v. Plaza Healthcare, Inc. (February 2006)

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A. An action barred by pre-existing law is not revived by amendment of such law enlarging the time in which such action may be commenced.

B. If an action is not barred by pre-existing law, the time fixed in an amendment of such law shall govern the limitation of the action.

C. If an amendment of pre-existing law shortens the time of limitation fixed in the pre-existing law so that an action under pre-existing law would be barred when the amendment takes effect, such action may be brought within one year from the time the new law takes effect, and not afterward.

Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.