The following statute of limitations exist of civil prosecution in Florida.
First, in civil actions, the time starts running from the time of the cause of the action accrues.
1) negligence- 4 years
2) recovery of your personal property (money) -4 years
3)Legal or equitable action founded on fraud-4 years
4)action to rescind your contract-4 years
5) assault, battery,false arrest-4 years
6)false inprisonment-4 years
7) any other intentional tort-4 years
:cool: professional malpractice-2 years from discovery exercising due diligence and only in the privity of profession. for example, you cannot sue a drug counselor for medical malpractice. Due diligence is the limiting factor. Marching in twenty years later and saying you just remembered would not make it past the first motion to dismiss, imo.
9)Libel or slander-4 years
10) performance of contract- 1 year
11) Intentional torts based on abuse by an "addictions receiving facility"-may be commenced at any time within 7 years after the age of majority (18), or within 4 years after the injured person leaves the dependency of the abuser, or within 4 years from the time of discovery by the injured party of both the injury and the causal relationship between the injury and the abuse, whichever occurs later
NOTE: the term Intentional tort makes even this broadening of time very hard to enforce. Showing intent is very difficult.
http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index. ... TM&Title=->2002->Ch0095->Section%2011
) Income tax due- it appears no limitation until discovery. Here is the caveat. A individual person cannot bring an action for income tax due against another. This right only belongs to the Dept. of revenue. An individual can only report suspected abuses of the code and then it is the governments sole decision from there.
http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index. ... /Sec23.HTMWhew. I learned a thing or two researching this topic.
In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
--Martin Luther King
