All actions against any public entity or public employee shall be brought within one year after the cause of action accrues and not afterward.
A.R.S. § 12-821
General limitation; public employee
Applied in 55 court decisions — leading case Rutledge v. Arizona Board of Regents (1981)
Most recently applied in Boyd v. State (December 2023)
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Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.