HF 654

1st Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 04/28/2011 03:10pm

A bill for 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.

deleted text begin Six-year deleted text end new text begin Four-year new text end limitation.

Except where the Uniform
Commercial Code otherwise prescribes, the following actions shall be commenced within
deleted text begin six deleted text end new text begin four new text end years:

(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 541.07;

(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;

(9) for damages caused by a dam, used for commercial purposes; or

(10) for assault, battery, false imprisonment, or other tort resulting in personal injury,
if the conduct that gives rise to the cause of action also constitutes domestic abuse as
defined in section 518B.01.

Sec. 2. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end

new text begin Section 1 is effective August 1, 2011, and applies to causes of action occurring
or accruing on or after that date.
new text end