TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

CHAPTER 1. ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

Part 7. Hearings and Appeals

Statute Of Limitations

33-1-707. Statute of limitations. (1) Unless otherwise provided by law, the department shall commence an action for a violation of the insurance code within 2 years of the date of the violation or within 2 years after the department discovers the violation or, through the use of reasonable diligence, should have discovered the violation, whichever occurs later.

(2) Regardless of when the department discovers a violation or should have discovered a violation through the use of reasonable diligence, the department may not commence an action unless it is brought within 5 years of the date of the violation.

History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 227, L. 2001.