Wrongful Death Law

Wrongful death law in every state, and the time a family has to file

Each guide sets out who may bring the claim, what can be recovered and how long the family has. The board below files the states by the general deadline in the at-a-glance table of each guide.

50 state guides

How long the family has to file

The general deadline, as the at-a-glance table of each guide gives it. Nearly every state has exceptions - a motor vehicle death, medical malpractice, a death caused by a crime, a claim against the government - and they are in the guide. A state marked + has another period in the same row of its table: read it before relying on the number.

1 year

2 states

2 years

29 states

3 years

15 states

Set out in the guide

4 states

Recently published

  1. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Georgia: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  2. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Wyoming: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  3. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Wisconsin: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 3 years (the same row names another period)

  4. Wrongful Death Attorneys in West Virginia: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  5. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Washington: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: Set out in the guide

  6. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Virginia: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  7. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Vermont: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  8. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Utah: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  9. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Texas: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  10. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Tennessee: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 1 year

  11. Wrongful Death Attorneys in South Dakota: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 3 years

  12. Wrongful Death Attorneys in South Carolina: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 3 years

  13. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Rhode Island: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 3 years

  14. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Pennsylvania: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  15. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Oregon: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 3 years (the same row names another period)

  16. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Oklahoma: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  17. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Ohio: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  18. Wrongful Death Attorneys in North Dakota: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years (the same row names another period)

  19. Wrongful Death Attorneys in North Carolina: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  20. Wrongful Death Attorneys in New York: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years (the same row names another period)

  21. Wrongful Death Attorneys in New Mexico: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 3 years

  22. Wrongful Death Attorneys in New Jersey: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  23. Wrongful Death Attorneys in New Hampshire: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 3 years

  24. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Nevada: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years

  25. Wrongful Death Attorneys in Nebraska: Your Complete Legal Guide

    General deadline: 2 years