Illinois § 13-205 Five year limitation

Illinois Statutes

§ 13-205 — Five year limitation

Illinois § 13-205

JurisdictionIllinois

TopicRIGHTS AND REMEDIES

Ch. 735CIVIL PROCEDURE

Act 735 ILCS 5/Code of Civil Procedure.

Art.Article XIII - Limitations

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Bluebook

735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 13-205 (2026).

Text

Except as provided in Section 2-725 of the "Uniform Commercial Code", approved July 31, 1961, as amended, and Section 11-13 of "The Illinois Public Aid Code", approved April 11, 1967, as amended, actions on unwritten contracts, expressed or implied, or on awards of arbitration, or to recover damages for an injury done to property, real or personal, or to recover the possession of personal property or damages for the detention or conversion thereof, and all civil actions not otherwise provided for, shall be commenced within 5 years next after the cause of action accrued.

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Except as provided in Section 2-725 of the "Uniform Commercial Code", approved July 31, 1961, as amended, and Section 11-13 of "The Illinois Public Aid Code", approved April 11, 1967, as amended, actions on unwritten contracts, expressed or implied, or on awards of arbitration, or to recover damages for an injury done to property, real or personal, or to recover the possession of personal property or damages for the detention or conversion thereof, and all civil actions not otherwise provided for, shall be commenced within 5 years next after the cause of action accrued.