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§12-95.


§12-95.
   
   Civil actions other than for the recovery of real property can only be
   brought within the following periods, after the cause of action shall
   have accrued, and not afterwards:
   
   1. Within five (5) years: An action upon any contract, agreement, or
   promise in writing;
   
   2. Within three (3) years: An action upon a contract express or
   implied not in writing; an action upon a liability created by statute
   other than a forfeiture or penalty; and an action on a foreign
   judgment;
   
   3. Within two (2) years: An action for trespass upon real property; an
   action for taking, detaining, or injuring personal property, including
   actions for the specific recovery of personal property; an action for
   injury to the rights of another, not arising on contract, and not
   hereinafter enumerated; an action for relief on the ground of fraud -
   the cause of action in such case shall not be deemed to have accrued
   until the discovery of the fraud;
   
   4. Within one (1) year: An action for libel, slander, assault,
   battery, malicious prosecution, or false imprisonment; an action upon
   a statute for penalty or forfeiture, except where the statute imposing
   it prescribes a different limitation;
   
   5. An action upon the official bond or undertaking of an executor,
   administrator, guardian, sheriff, or any other officer, or upon the
   bond or undertaking given in attachment, injunction, arrest, or in any
   case whatever required by the statute, can only be brought within five
   (5) years after the cause of action shall have accrued;
   
   6. An action based on intentional conduct brought by any person for
   recovery of damages for injury suffered as a result of childhood
   sexual abuse incidents or exploitation as defined by Section 845 of
   Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or incest can only be brought within
   the latter of the following periods:
   
   a. within two (2) years of the act alleged to have caused the injury
   or condition, or
   
   b. within two (2) years of the time the victim discovered or
   reasonably should have discovered that the injury or condition was
   caused by the act or that the act caused the injury for which the
   claim is brought.
   
   Provided, however, that the time limit for commencement of an action
   pursuant to this paragraph is tolled for a child until the child
   reaches the age of eighteen (18) years. No action may be brought
   against the alleged perpetrator or the estate of the alleged
   perpetrator after the death of such alleged perpetrator. An action
   pursuant to this paragraph must be based upon objective verifiable
   evidence in order for the victim to recover damages for injuries
   suffered by reason of such sexual abuse, exploitation, or incest. The
   evidence should include both proof that the victim had psychologically
   repressed the memory of the facts upon which the claim was predicated
   and that there was corroborating evidence that the sexual abuse,
   exploitation, or incest actually occurred. The victim need not
   establish which act in a series of continuing sexual abuse incidents,
   exploitation incidents, or incest caused the injury complained of, but
   may compute the date of discovery from the date of discovery of the
   last act by the same perpetrator which is part of a common scheme or
   plan of sexual abuse, exploitation, or incest. Provided further, any
   action based on intentional conduct specified in paragraph 6 of this
   section must be commenced within twenty (20) years of the victim
   reaching the age of eighteen (18);
   
   7. An action to establish paternity and to enforce support obligations
   can be brought any time before the child reaches the age of eighteen
   (18);
   
   8. An action to establish paternity can be brought by a child if
   commenced within one (1) year after the child reaches the age of
   eighteen (18);
   
   9. Court-ordered child support is owed until it is paid in full and it
   is not subject to a statute of limitations; and
   
   10. An action for relief, not hereinbefore provided for, can only be
   brought within five (5) years after the cause of action shall have
   accrued.
   

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