Alabama Statute of Limitations on Debt Collection
- Contracts under seal: 10 years, (A.C. 6-2-33)
- Contracts not under seal; actions on account stated and for detention of personal property or conversion: 6 years (A.C. 6-2-34)
- Sale of goods under the UCC: 4 years (A.C. 7 -2- 725)
- Open accounts: 3 years (A.C. 6-2-37)
- Actions to recover charges by a common carrier and negligence actions; 2 years, (A.C. 6-2-38)
- Actions based on fraud: 2 years (A.C. 6-2-3)
Alabama Civil Statute of Limitations Law
| Injury to Person | Under a contract: 6 yrs. §6-2-34(9); In general 2 yrs. §6-2-38(l) |
| Libel/Slander | 2 yrs. §6-2-38(k) |
| Fraud | 2 yrs. from accrual of action (discovery) §6-2-3 |
| Injury to Personal Property | 6 yrs. §6-2-34(2) |
| Professional Malpractice | Medical: 2 yrs. §6-5-482 |
| Trespass | 6 yrs. §6-2-34(1, 2) |
| Collection of Rents | 6 yrs. §6-2-34(5) |
| Contracts | Written: 10 yrs. if under seal; 6 yrs. if not §§6-2-33 to 6-2-34; Oral: 6 yrs. §6-2-34(9) |
| Collection of Debt on Account | 6 yrs. stated liquidated account; 3 yrs. open unliquidated account §§6-2- 34(5) and 6-2-37 |
| Judgments | 20 yrs. §6-2-32 |
Statute of Limitations Law Alabama
contracts | 6 years |
defamation | 1 year |
domestic and foreign judgments | 10 years |
Injury to personal property | 3 years |
intentional tort | 1 year |
libel | 1 year |
medical malpractice | 1 year from date of injury |
Medical Malpractice Actions Based on Insertion of Foreign Object into the Body | 1 year from date of discovery of object |
minors | begins on date of 18th birthday |
negligence causing personal injury | 1 year from date of discovery |
open account for debt collection | 6 year |
oral agreement | 6 years |
personal injury | 1 year |
product liability | 1 year |
products liability | 1 year after date of injury |
promissory notes | 6 years |
silicone breast implants | 4 years from date of discovery of injury. 25 years max |
slander | 1 year |
written contracts | 6 years |
wrongful death | 1 year from date of death |
