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Statute of Limitations – Debt by State

Statutes of limitations for each state (in number of years)

State	Oral contracts	Written contracts	Promissory notes	Open-ended debts
Alabama	6	6	6	3
Alaska	6	6	3	3
Arizona	3	6	6	3
Arkansas	5	5	5	3
California	2	4	4	4
Colorado	6	6	6	3
Connecticut	3	6	6	3
Delaware	3	3	3	4
D.C.	3	3	3	3
Florida	4	5	5	4
Georgia	4	6	6	6
Hawaii	6	6	6	6
Idaho	4	5	5	4
Illinois	5	10	10	5
Indiana	6	10	10	6
Iowa	5	10	5	5
Kansas	3	6	5	3
Kentucky	5	15	15	5
Louisiana	10	10	10	3
Maine	6	6	6	6
Maryland	3	3**	6**	3
Massachusetts	6	6	6	6
Michigan	6	6	6	6
Minnesota	6	6	6	6
Missouri	5	10	10	5
Montana	3	8	8	5
Nebraska	4	5	5	4
Nevada	4	6	3	4
New Hampshire	3	3	6	3
New Jersey	6	6	6	3
New Mexico	4	6	6	4
New York	3	3	3	3
North Carolina	3	3*	5	3
North Dakota	6	6	6	6
Ohio	6	15	15	6
Oklahoma	3	5	5	3
Oregon	6	6	6	6
Pennsylvania	4	4	4	4
Rhode Island	10	5	6	4
South Carolina	3	3	3	3
South Dakota	6	6	6	6
Tennessee	6	6	6	3
Texas	4	4	4	4
Utah	4	6	6	4
Vermont	6	6	5	3
Virginia	3	5	6	3
Washington	3	6	6	3
West Virginia	5	10	6	5
Wisconsin	6	6	10	6
Wyoming	8	10	10	8

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