Bill Text: MN SF373 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Limitation period for civil actions reduction
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2012-02-13 - Veto message laid on table [SF373 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF373-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 119--S.F.No. 373
An act
relating to civil actions; reducing the limitation period for bringing certain actions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 541.05, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 541.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
in paragraph (b) and where the Uniform Commercial Code otherwise prescribes, the
following actions shall be commenced within
(1) upon a contract or other obligation, express or implied, as to which no other
limitation is expressly prescribed;
(2) upon a liability created by statute, other than those arising upon a penalty or
forfeiture or where a shorter period is provided by section
(3) for a trespass upon real estate;
(4) for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including actions for the
specific recovery thereof;
(5) for criminal conversation, or for any other injury to the person or rights of
another, not arising on contract, and not hereinafter enumerated;
(6) for relief on the ground of fraud, in which case the cause of action shall not be
deemed to have accrued until the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting
the fraud;
(7) to enforce a trust or compel a trustee to account, where the trustee has neglected to
discharge the trust, or claims to have fully performed it, or has repudiated the trust relation;
(8) against sureties upon the official bond of any public officer, whether of the
state or of any county, town, school district, or a municipality therein; in which case
the limitation shall not begin to run until the term of such officer for which the bond
was given shall have expired; or
(9) for damages caused by a dam, used for commercial purposes
personal injury
cause of action also constitutes domestic abuse as defined in section
EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2012, and applies to causes
of action accruing on or after that date.