Article XIII: Limitations
Illinois Code of Civil Procedure – 2026
§ 13-101
Twenty years - Recovery of land
§ 13-102
Breach of condition subsequent
§ 13-103
Termination of estate upon limitation
§ 13-104
Under mortgage or lease
§ 13-105
Twenty years - Computation
§ 13-106
Accrual of right of entry or to bring action
§ 13-107
Seven years with possession and record title
§ 13-107.1
Two years with possession and record title derived from a judicial foreclosure sale
§ 13-108
Right extended to heirs
§ 13-109
Payment of taxes with color of title
§ 13-109.1
Payment of taxes with color of title derived from judicial foreclosure
§ 13-109.2
Tenancy in common, intestate succession
§ 13-110
Vacant land - Payment of taxes with color of title
§ 13-111
State and United States
§ 13-112
Minors and persons under legal disability
§ 13-113
Extension to heirs
§ 13-114
Seventy-five year limitation
§ 13-115
Foreclosure of mortgage
§ 13-116
Lien of mortgage, trust or vendor's lien
§ 13-117
Limitation on mortgage
§ 13-118
Forty year limitation on claims to real estate
§ 13-119
Claim index
§ 13-120
Limitation on sections
§ 13-121
Construction
§ 13-122
Posting of notice that right of access is by permission
§ 13-201
Defamation - Privacy
§ 13-202
Personal injury - Penalty
§ 13-202.1
No limitations on certain actions - Duties of Department
§ 13-202.2
Childhood sexual abuse
§ 13-202.3
For an action arising out of an injury caused by "sexual conduct" or "sexual penetration" as defined in Section 11-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the limitation period in Section 13-202 does not run during a time period when the person injured is subject to threats, intimidation, manipulation, or fraud perpetrated by the perpetrator or by a person the perpetrator knew or should have known was acting in the interest of the perpetrator. This Section applies to causes of action arising on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly or to causes of action for which the limitation period has not yet expired
§ 13-203
Loss of consortium - Injury to person
§ 13-203.1
Loss of means of support or parental
§ 13-204
Contribution and indemnity
§ 13-205
Five year limitation
§ 13-206
Ten year limitation
§ 13-207
Counterclaim or set-off
§ 13-208
Absence from State
§ 13-209
Death of party
§ 13-210
Foreign limitation
§ 13-211
Minors and persons under legal disability
§ 13-212
Physician or hospital
§ 13-213
Product liability; statute of repose
§ 13-214
Construction; design management and supervision
§ 13-214.1
Action for damages involving criminal
§ 13-214.2
(a) Actions based upon tort, contract or otherwise
§ 13-214.3
Attorneys
§ 13-214.4
Actions against insurance producers, limited insurance
§ 13-215
Fraudulent concealment
§ 13-215.1
Fertility fraud limitation
§ 13-216
Stay of action
§ 13-217
Reversal or dismissal
§ 13-218
Revival of judgment
§ 13-219
Railroads and carriers
§ 13-220
Fraud by decedents
§ 13-221
Contract to make will
§ 13-222
Action against land surveyor
§ 13-223
Inter vivos trusts
§ 13-224
Recovery in Tax Actions
§ 13-225
Trafficking victims protection
§ 13-226
Opioid litigation
§ 13-227
Collection of debt arising from a municipal violation