# Claim deadline checker in Illinois

URL: https://mywreckcheck.com/rules/illinois/claim-deadline-checker

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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.](https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-735-civil-procedure/il-st-sect-735-5-13-202/). Verified September 23, 2026\. Information, not legal advice.

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