Ind. Code § 34-11-2-4

Injury or forfeiture of penalty actions

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Current — January 1, 2025

As of January 1, 2018

Sec. 4. (a) An action for:

(1) injury to person or character;

(2) injury to personal property; or

(3) a forfeiture of penalty given by statute;

must be commenced within two (2) years after the cause of action accrues.

(b) An action for injury to a person that results from the sexual abuse of a child must be commenced within the later of:

(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), an action for injury to a person that results from the sexual abuse of a child must be commenced within the later of:

(1) seven (7) years after the cause of action accrues; or

(2) four (4) years after the person ceases to be a dependent of the person alleged to have performed the sexual abuse.

(1) results from the sexual abuse of a child;

(2) is barred due to the expiration of the statute of limitations period described in subsection (b); and

(3) is brought against a congressionally chartered organization that was incorporated before June 16, 1916;

may be commenced in accordance with subsection (d).

(d) An action described in subsection (c) may be commenced before July 1, 2025, by a person who, before January 1, 2024, participated in a bankruptcy proceeding or bankruptcy settlement that:

(1) was initiated on February 18, 2020; and

(2) involved the organization described in subsection (c)(3).

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.