Claim deadline checker in Illinois
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
- 735 ILCS 5/13-202
- When the clock starts
- Two years next after the cause of action accrued.
- Watch out for
- Claims against an Illinois local public entity or its employees run under the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act on a shorter period, which this row does not cover.
Source: 735 ILCS 5/13-202: "Actions for damages for an injury to the person … shall be commenced within 2 years next after the cause of action accrued". Read on FindLaw's unofficial copy; ilga.gov refused the connection on 2026-09-23.. Verified September 23, 2026. Information, not legal advice.