{"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/ME.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":"ME","records":[{"id":"limitations-me-pi","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"ME","jurisdictionName":"Maine","claimType":"pi","claimTypeName":"Personal injury","status":"P","sourceType":"official code","court":null,"case":null,"decided":null,"text":"Maine, personal injury: 6 years, under 14 M.R.S. § 752, as read in the official code on 2026-10-28. This is the general period; the statute's words do not name this claim type.","value":6,"unit":"years","years":6,"period":"6 years","statuteCite":"14 M.R.S. § 752","officialUrl":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec752.html","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec752.html","discoveryRule":"U","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":"general","readBy":"script","uReason":null,"quote":"All civil actions shall be commenced within 6 years after the cause of action accrues and not afterwards, except actions on a judgment","sources":[{"label":"Maine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Title 14, §752","url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec752.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"All civil actions shall be commenced within 6 years after the cause of action accrues and not afterwards, except actions on a judgment","supports":"period"}],"source":{"agency":"Maine Legislature","url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec752.html","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"code as published online, read 2026-10-28","table":"14 M.R.S. § 752"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"General civil-action limitation; no separate personal-injury section found in Title 14 chapter 205. Runs from accrual.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 120 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"limitations-me-medmal","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"ME","jurisdictionName":"Maine","claimType":"medmal","claimTypeName":"Medical malpractice","status":"P","sourceType":"official code","court":null,"case":null,"decided":null,"text":"Maine, medical malpractice: 3 years, under 24 M.R.S. § 2902, as read in the official code on 2026-10-28.","value":3,"unit":"years","years":3,"period":"3 years","statuteCite":"24 M.R.S. § 2902","officialUrl":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/24/title24sec2902-2.html","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/24/title24sec2902-2.html","discoveryRule":"N","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":"specific","readBy":"script","uReason":null,"quote":"Actions for professional negligence must be commenced within 3 years after the cause of action accrues. For the purposes of this section, a cause of action accrues on the date of the act or omission giving rise to the injury.","sources":[{"label":"Maine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Title 24, §2902","url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/24/title24sec2902-2.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"Actions for professional negligence must be commenced within 3 years after the cause of action accrues. For the purposes of this section, a cause of action accrues on the date of the act or omission giving rise to the injury.","supports":"period"},{"label":"Maine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Title 24, §2902","url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/24/title24sec2902-2.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"a cause of action accrues on the date of the act or omission giving rise to the injury","supports":"discovery"}],"source":{"agency":"Maine Legislature","url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/24/title24sec2902-2.html","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"code as published online, read 2026-10-28","table":"24 M.R.S. § 2902"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Minors: 6 years after accrual or 3 years after reaching majority, whichever first occurs. Foreign-object cases accrue on discovery.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 120 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"limitations-me-wd","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"ME","jurisdictionName":"Maine","claimType":"wd","claimTypeName":"Wrongful death","status":"P","sourceType":"official code","court":null,"case":null,"decided":null,"text":"Maine, wrongful death: 3 years, under 18-C M.R.S. § 2-807(2), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28.","value":3,"unit":"years","years":3,"period":"3 years","statuteCite":"18-C M.R.S. § 2-807(2)","officialUrl":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec2-807.html","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec2-807.html","discoveryRule":"U","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":"specific","readBy":"script","uReason":null,"quote":"An action under this section must be commenced within 3 years after the decedent's death, except that if the decedent's death is caused by a homicide, the action may be commenced within 6 years of the date the personal representative or special administrator of the decedent discovers","sources":[{"label":"Maine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Title 18-C, §2-807","url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec2-807.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"An action under this section must be commenced within 3 years after the decedent's death, except that if the decedent's death is caused by a homicide, the action may be commenced within 6 years of the date the personal representative or special administrator of the decedent discovers","supports":"period"}],"source":{"agency":"Maine Legislature","url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/18-C/title18-Csec2-807.html","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"code as published online, read 2026-10-28","table":"18-C M.R.S. § 2-807(2)"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Homicide-caused death: 6 years from discovery by the personal representative.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 120 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"limitations-me-product","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"ME","jurisdictionName":"Maine","claimType":"product","claimTypeName":"Product liability","status":"U","sourceType":null,"court":null,"case":null,"decided":null,"text":"Maine, 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":"Maine legislature (official code site)","url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"code as published online, read 2026-10-28","table":"Maine Revised Statutes Titles 14, 18-C, 24"},"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-me-property","dataset":"limitations","jurisdiction":"ME","jurisdictionName":"Maine","claimType":"property","claimTypeName":"Property damage","status":"P","sourceType":"official code","court":null,"case":null,"decided":null,"text":"Maine, property damage: 6 years, under 14 M.R.S. § 752, as read in the official code on 2026-10-28. This is the general period; the statute's words do not name this claim type.","value":6,"unit":"years","years":6,"period":"6 years","statuteCite":"14 M.R.S. § 752","officialUrl":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec752.html","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec752.html","discoveryRule":"U","reposeYears":null,"governmentNoticeDays":null,"basis":"general","readBy":"script","uReason":null,"quote":"All civil actions shall be commenced within 6 years after the cause of action accrues and not afterwards, except actions on a judgment","sources":[{"label":"Maine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Title 14, §752","url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec752.html","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28","quote":"All civil actions shall be commenced within 6 years after the cause of action accrues and not afterwards, except actions on a judgment","supports":"period"}],"source":{"agency":"Maine Legislature","url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/14/title14sec752.html","accessed":"2026-10-28","release":"code as published online, read 2026-10-28","table":"14 M.R.S. § 752"},"flags":{},"lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"General civil-action limitation; no separate property-damage section found in Title 14 chapter 205. 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