{"meta":{"dataset":"limitations","title":"Statutes of limitations by state: personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, product liability and property damage","version":"1.1.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23743673","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23743673","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23721435","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Statutes of limitations by state: personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, product liability and property damage, version 1.1.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23743673, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Statutes of limitations by state: personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, product liability and property damage (Version 1.1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23743673","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are the periods as each statute states them, read in the official code on the date shown. Tolling, discovery rules, notice-of-claim deadlines for claims against a government, minors' rules and other exceptions can shorten or lengthen the time to file, and statutes change. Check the statute and ask a lawyer licensed in the state before relying on a deadline.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/limitations/jurisdictions/KY.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/research/statute-of-limitations-by-state/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"KY","records":[{"id":"limitations-ky-pi","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"KY","jurisdictionName":"Kentucky","claimType":"pi","claimTypeName":"Personal injury","status":"P","sourceType":"official code","court":null,"case":null,"decided":null,"text":"Kentucky, personal injury: one (1) year, under KRS 413.140(1)(a), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28.","value":1,"unit":"years","years":1,"period":"one (1) year","statuteCite":"KRS 413.140(1)(a)","officialUrl":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58050","sourceUrl":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58050","discoveryRule":"U","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":"specific","readBy":"script","uReason":null,"quote":"The following actions shall be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrued: (a) An action for an injury to the person of the plaintiff, or of her husband, his wife, child, ward, apprentice, or servant;","sources":[{"label":"Kentucky Legislature, Kentucky Revised Statutes, KRS 413.140","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58050","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"The following actions shall be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrued: (a) An action for an injury to the person of the plaintiff, or of her husband, his wife, child, ward, apprentice, or servant;","supports":"period"}],"source":{"agency":"Kentucky Legislature","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58050","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"code as published online, read 2026-10-28","table":"KRS 413.140(1)(a)"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Runs from when the cause of action accrued. Section text shows effective date July 15, 2026.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 120 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"limitations-ky-medmal","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"KY","jurisdictionName":"Kentucky","claimType":"medmal","claimTypeName":"Medical malpractice","status":"P","sourceType":"official code","court":null,"case":null,"decided":null,"text":"Kentucky, medical malpractice: one (1) year, under KRS 413.140(1)(e), (2), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28.","value":1,"unit":"years","years":1,"period":"one (1) year","statuteCite":"KRS 413.140(1)(e), (2)","officialUrl":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58050","sourceUrl":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58050","discoveryRule":"Y","reposeYears":5,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":"specific","readBy":"script","uReason":null,"quote":"The following actions shall be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrued: (a) An action for an injury to the person of the plaintiff, or of her husband, his wife, child, ward, apprentice, or servant; (b) An action for injuries to persons, cattle, or other livestock by railroads or other corporations, with the exception of hospitals licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter 216; (c) An action for malicious prosecution, conspiracy, arrest, seduction, criminal conversation, or breach of promise of marriage; (d) An action for libel or slander; (e) An action against a physician, surgeon, dentist, or hospital licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter 216, for negligence or malpractice;","sources":[{"label":"Kentucky Legislature, Kentucky Revised Statutes, KRS 413.140","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58050","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"The following actions shall be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrued: (a) An action for an injury to the person of the plaintiff, or of her husband, his wife, child, ward, apprentice, or servant; (b) An action for injuries to persons, cattle, or other livestock by railroads or other corporations, with the exception of hospitals licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter 216; (c) An action for malicious prosecution, conspiracy, arrest, seduction, criminal conversation, or breach of promise of marriage; (d) An action for libel or slander; (e) An action against a physician, surgeon, dentist, or hospital licensed pursuant to KRS Chapter 216, for negligence or malpractice;","supports":"period"},{"label":"Kentucky Legislature, Kentucky Revised Statutes, KRS 413.140","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58050","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue at the time the injury is first discovered or in the exercise of reasonable care should have been discovered","supports":"discovery"},{"label":"Kentucky Legislature, Kentucky Revised Statutes, KRS 413.140","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58050","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"such action shall be commenced within five (5) years from the date on which the alleged negligent act or omission is said to have occurred","supports":"repose"}],"source":{"agency":"Kentucky Legislature","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58050","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"code as published online, read 2026-10-28","table":"KRS 413.140(1)(e), (2)"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Subsection (2): the cause of action accrues when the injury is first discovered or should have been discovered, with an outer limit of five years from the negligent act or omission.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 120 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"limitations-ky-wd","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"KY","jurisdictionName":"Kentucky","claimType":"wd","claimTypeName":"Wrongful death","status":"U","sourceType":null,"court":null,"case":null,"decided":null,"text":"Kentucky, wrongful death: not verified in the official code (U).","value":null,"unit":"years","years":null,"period":null,"statuteCite":null,"officialUrl":null,"sourceUrl":null,"discoveryRule":"U","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":null,"readBy":null,"uReason":"unconfirmed","quote":null,"sources":[],"source":{"agency":"Kentucky legislature (official code site)","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"code as published online, read 2026-10-28","table":"Kentucky Revised Statutes chs. 411, 413"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"No limitations statute naming wrongful death found in KRS 411.130 or chapter 413. KRS 413.180 (personal representative, one year after qualification) refers to actions in KRS 413.090 to 413.160 and does not name wrongful death.","confidence":"low","confidenceBasis":"open question or withheld (U)"},{"id":"limitations-ky-product","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"KY","jurisdictionName":"Kentucky","claimType":"product","claimTypeName":"Product liability","status":"U","sourceType":null,"court":null,"case":null,"decided":null,"text":"Kentucky, product liability: not verified in the official code (U).","value":null,"unit":"years","years":null,"period":null,"statuteCite":null,"officialUrl":null,"sourceUrl":null,"discoveryRule":"U","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":null,"readBy":null,"uReason":"none-specific","quote":null,"sources":[],"source":{"agency":"Kentucky legislature (official code site)","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"code as published online, read 2026-10-28","table":"Kentucky Revised Statutes chs. 411, 413"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"No product-specific limitations statute found; see the pi row.","confidence":"low","confidenceBasis":"open question or withheld (U)"},{"id":"limitations-ky-property","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"KY","jurisdictionName":"Kentucky","claimType":"property","claimTypeName":"Property damage","status":"P","sourceType":"official code","court":null,"case":null,"decided":null,"text":"Kentucky, property damage: five (5) years, under KRS 413.120(4), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28.","value":5,"unit":"years","years":5,"period":"five (5) years","statuteCite":"KRS 413.120(4)","officialUrl":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44670","sourceUrl":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44670","discoveryRule":"U","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":"specific","readBy":"script","uReason":null,"quote":"The following actions shall be commenced within five (5) years after the cause of action accrued: (1) An action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied. (2) An action upon a liability created by statute, when no other time is fixed by the statute creating the liability. (3) An action for a penalty or forfeiture when no time is fixed by the statute prescribing it. (4) An action for trespass on real or personal property.","sources":[{"label":"Kentucky Legislature, Kentucky Revised Statutes, KRS 413.120","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44670","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"The following actions shall be commenced within five (5) years after the cause of action accrued: (1) An action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied. (2) An action upon a liability created by statute, when no other time is fixed by the statute creating the liability. (3) An action for a penalty or forfeiture when no time is fixed by the statute prescribing it. (4) An action for trespass on real or personal property.","supports":"period"}],"source":{"agency":"Kentucky Legislature","url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44670","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"code as published online, read 2026-10-28","table":"KRS 413.120(4)"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"KRS 413.125 separately states two (2) years for an action for the taking, detaining or injuring of personal property.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 120 days; totals tie to the official file"}]}