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AL HB363
Bill
Status
3/29/2011
Primary Sponsor
Yvonne Kennedy
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 6-2-38 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to add a new subsection (q) establishing a two-year statute of limitations for actions to recover damages for property loss, measured from the date of the loss.
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Reduces the statute of limitations for property loss claims from the existing six-year period for written contracts to a two-year period.
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Takes effect on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor, or upon otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Property loss, statute of limitations to recover damages required to be commenced within two years from date of loss, Sec. 6-2-38 am'd.
Civil Procedure
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Insurance
3/29/2011