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4.16.100 - Actions limited to two years.

Actions limited to two years.

Within two years:

     (1) An action for libel, slander, assault, assault and battery, or false imprisonment.

     (2) An action upon a statute for a forfeiture or penalty to the state.

[Code 1881 § 29; 1877 p 8 § 29; 1869 p 9 § 29; 1854 p 363 § 5; RRS § 160.]

Notes:Limitation of action for recovery of transportation charges: RCW 81.28.270.