Claim deadline checker in Arizona
How long you have to file a personal injury claim after a crash, in your state, with the statute it comes from and the date it was last checked.
- Deadline to file an injury claim
- 2 years
- Statute
- A.R.S. § 12-542
- When the clock starts
- Two years after the cause of action accrues.
- Watch out for
- Claims against an Arizona public entity or public employee run on a separate and much shorter notice track under A.R.S. § 12-821.01, which this row does not cover.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes § 12-542: actions "for injuries done to the person of another" shall be "commenced and prosecuted within two years after the cause of action accrues, and not afterward".. Verified September 23, 2026. Information, not legal advice.