A civil action at law shall be filed within three years from the date it accrues unless another provision of the Code provides a different period of time within which an action shall be commenced.

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 2, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1989, c. 488; Acts 1991, c. 55, § 1; Acts 2014, c. 592, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014; Acts 2025, c. 693, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025; Acts 2025, c. 694, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.

Formerly Art. 57, § 1.