Title 7, Civil Procedure

Limitation of Six Years. All actions other than those covered in 7 CMC §§ 2502, 2503, and 2504 shall be commenced within six years after the cause of action accrues or, in the case of actions brought by or on behalf of the former Saipan Credit Union or its depositors, shareholder…

Disabilities. If the person entitled to a cause of action is a minor or is insane or is imprisoned when the cause of action first accrues, the action may be commenced within the time limits in this chapter after the disability is removed. Source: 6 TTC § 306.

Mutual Account; Partial Payment on Account. In an action brought to recover the balance due upon a mutual and open account, or upon a cause of action upon which partial payments have been made, the cause of action shall be considered to have accrued at the time of the last item p…

Extension of Time by Absence from Commonwealth. If at the time a cause of action accrues against any person, that person is out of the Commonwealth, the action may be commenced within the time limits in this chapter after the person comes into the Commonwealth. If, after a cause …

Extension of Time by Fraudulent Concealment. If any person who is liable to any action shall fraudulently conceal the cause of action from the knowledge of the person entitled to bring it, the action may be commenced at any time within the time limits within this chapter, and wit…

Effect Upon Causes Existing on May 28, 1951. For the purpose of computing the limitations of time provided in this chapter, any cause of action existing on May 28, 1951, shall be considered to have accrued on that date. Source: 6 TTC § 310.

Limitation of Time for Commencing. A civil action or proceedings to enforce a cause of action mentioned in this chapter may be commenced within the period of limitation herein prescribed, and not thereafter, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Source: 6 TTC § 311.

Reckoning of Period. Except as otherwise provided, periods prescribed in this chapter shall be reckoned from the date when the cause of action accrued; provided, that in the case of causes of action accruing to the former Saipan Credit Union or its depositors, shareholders, inves…

Contrary Agreements. No agreement made subsequent to the effective date of this section for a period of limitation different from the period described in this chapter shall be valid. Source: 6 TTC § 313.

Existing Rights of Action. Revision of this chapter shall not be construed to extinguish any rights or remedies which have accrued to any party prior to such revision, unless specifically provided otherwise. Source: 6 TTC § 314.

No Limit for Child Sexual Abuse. (a) Any claim arising from an incident of child sexual abuse may be commenced against a person, a legal entity, abusers, their enablers, their aiders or abettors, those acting in concert with them and their institutions at any time. (b) Any claim …

Limitations Applicable to the Commonwealth. (a) An action brought by the Commonwealth for the following shall not be subject to statutes of limitation and may be asserted at any time: (1) For the restoration of, or for the recovery of damages to, the Commonwealth’s natural resour…