No person can avail himself of a disability, unless it existed when his right of action accrued.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 357
General Provisions as to the Time of Commencing Actions
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Elliott v. City of Union City (1994)
Most recently applied in 563 F. App'x 561 - Tryon Smith v. Nathan Kouri (March 2014)
Enacted 1872.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.