State Criminal Statutes of Limitations in Sexual Abuse Crimes

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	Summary: 18 U.S.C. § 2251- Sexual Exploitation of Children (Production of child pornography) 18 U.S.C. § 2251A- Selling and Buying of Children 18 U.S.C. § 2252- Certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors (Possession, distribution and receipt of child pornography) 18 U.S.C. § 2252A- certain activities relating to material constituting or containing child pornography 18 U.S.C. § 2256- Definitions 18 U.S.C. § 2260- Production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States
Alabama	Rape	None	No	15-3-5
	Summary: 15-3-5 There is no limitation of time within which a prosecution must be commenced for: Any sex offense involving a victim under 16 years of age, regardless of whether it involves force or serious physical injury or death.
Alaska	Sexual offenses	None	No	AS § 09.10.065
	Summary: 09.10.065. Commencement of actions for acts constituting sexual offenses. (a) A person may bring an action at any time for conduct that would have, at the time the conduct occurred, violated provisions of any of the following offenses:(1) felony sexual abuse of a minor; (2) felony sexual assault; or(3) unlawful exploitation of a minor. (b) Unless the action is commenced within three years of the accrual of the claim for relief, a person may not bring an action for conduct that would have, at the time the conduct occurred, violated the provisions of any of the following offenses:(1) misdemeanor sexual abuse of a minor; (2) misdemeanor sexual assault; (3) incest; or (4) felony indecent exposure.
Arizona	Violent sexual offenses	None	Yes	§ 13-107
	Summary: 13-107 A prosecution for any violent sexual assault pursuant to section 13-1423,may be commenced at any time.
Arkansas	Sexual assault(1st degree)	None	Yes	§ 5-1-109	Yes
	Summary: 5-1-109 A prosecution for Sexual assault in the first degree may be commenced at any time.
California	Rape	10 years	Yes	Cal. Penal Code §§ 799, 800, 801, 803	Yes
	Summary: Cal. Penal Code §§ 799, 800, 801, 803(B) The crime involved substantial sexual conduct, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 1203.066, excluding masturbation that is not mutual.
Colorado	Sexual assault	10 years	Yes	§16-5-401	Yes
	Summary: 16-5-401 statute of limitations indefinitely for sexual assaults committed after July 1, 1991, that meet the identity and reporting criteria of subsection (8)(a.5), prosecution of the charges against defendant was not yet time-barred.
Connecticut	Sexual assault	5 years	Yes	Sec. 54-193b	Yes
	Summary: 54-193b. Limitation of prosecution for sexual assault offenses when DNA evidence available: there shall be no limitation of time within which a person may be prosecuted for a violation of section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-70b, 53a-71, 53a-72a or 53a-72b, provided (1) the victim notified any police officer or state's attorney acting in such police officer's or state's attorney's official capacity of the commission of the offense not later than five years after the commission of the offense, and (2) the identity of the person who allegedly committed the offense has been established through a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) profile comparison using evidence collected at the time of the commission of the offense.
Delaware	Rape	None	Yes	11.§ 205	Yes
	Summary: 11.§ 205 A prosecution for any class A felony or any attempt to commit said crimes, may be commenced at any time.
DC	Sexual Abuse	15 years	No	Yes
	Summary: § 23-113 2) A prosecution for the following crimes and any offense that is properly joinable with any of the following crimes is barred if not commenced within fifteen (15) years after it is committed: (A) first degree sexual abuse (D.C. Official Code § 22-3002); (B) second degree sexual abuse (D.C. Official Code § 22-3003)
Florida	Sexual Battery	4 years	Yes	§ 775.15	Yes
	Summary: 775.15 A prosecution for a felony of the first degree must be commenced within 4 years after it is committed.
Georgia	Forcible rape	15 years	Yes	§ 17-3-1, 17-3-2.1	Yes
	Summary: 17-3-2.1 prosecution for the crime of forcible rape shall be commenced within 15 years after the commission of the crime.
Guam	Sexual Assault	None	No	§ 10.17
	Summary: No Limitaion on Crimes of First and Second Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct.
Hawaii	Sexual assault	3-6 years	Yes	Rev. Stat. §701-108	Yes, Minority, Tolling
	Summary: §701-108 eliminated the statute of limitations for a criminal prosecution of sexual assault in the first or second degree, and continuous sexual assault of a minor under the age of fourteen years.
Idaho	Rape	None	No	§ 19-401	Yes
	Summary: § 19-401 No statute of limitations for certain felonies. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is no limitation of time within which a prosecution for the following crimes must be commenced: Rape pursuant to section 18-6101(3) through (9), or section 18-6108(3) through (7), Idaho Code;(4) Sexual abuse of a child.
Illinois	Sexual assault	10 years (as long as victim reported offense to law enforcement authority within 3 years after offense)	Yes	720 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/3-5	Yes
	Summary: 720 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/3-5 A prosecution for:involving sexual conduct or sexual penetration, as defined by Section 11-0.1 of this Code in which the DNA profile of the offender is obtained and entered into a DNA database within 10 years after the commission of the offense, may be commenced at any time.
Indiana	Rape (Class B, C, or D)	5 years	Yes	§ 35-41-4-2	Yes
	Summary: 35-41-4-2 A prosecution for an offense is barred unless it is commenced: (1) within five (5) years after the commission of the offense, in the case of a Class B, Class C, or Class D felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 3, Level 4, Level 5 or Level 6 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014)
	Rape (Class A)	None
Iowa	Sexual abuse	None	Yes	§ 802.2	Yes
	Summary: 802.2 An information or indictment for sexual abuse in the first, second, or third degree committed on or with a person who is under the age of eighteen years shall be found within ten years after the person upon whom the offense is committed attains eighteen years of age. 2. An information or indictment for any other sexual abuse in the first, second, or third degree shall be found within ten years after its commission,
Kansas	Sexual crimes		Yes		Yes
Kentucky	Rape	None	No	§ 500.050	Yes
	Summary: 500.050 Except as otherwise expressly provided, the prosecution of a felony is not subject to a period of limitation and may be commenced at any time. Some sexual assault related offenses are felonies and others are misdemeanors.
Louisiana	Rape	None	Yes	La Code 571	Yes
	Summary: 571.1 Art. 571.1. Time limitation for certain sex offenses Except as provided by Article 572 of this Chapter, the time within which to institute prosecution of the following sex offenses, regardless of whether the crime involves force, serious physical injury, death, or is punishable by imprisonment at hard labor shall be thirty years.
Maine	Sexual assault	8 years	No	17-A §8.2	Yes
	Summary: 17-A §8 Prosecution of unlawful sexual contact, rape or gross sexual assault formerly denominated as gross sexual misconduct, may be commenced at any time.
Maryland	Rape	None		§5-106	`
	Summary: 5-106 Maryland has no statutes of limitations for felonies - crimes that seriously threaten human life.
Massachusetts	Rape	15 years		General Laws 277, § 63	Yes
	Summary: 277,§ 63 Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an indictment or complaint alleging an offense of indecent assault and battery, or an offense of rape, may be found and filed at any time after the commission of such offense, provided that the victim was under the age of 18 when the offense was committed.
Michigan	Criminal sexual conduct	10 years	Yes	§ 767.24
	Summary: 767.24 An indictment for the following crime may be found and filed at any time: criminal sexual conduct in the first degree.
Minnesota	Sexual offenses	3 years	Yes	§ 628.26	Yes
	Summary: 628.26 Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.342 to 609.345 if the victim was under the age of 18 years at the time the offense was committed, shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within the later of nine years after the commission of the offense or three years after the offense was reported to law enforcement authorities.
Mississippi	Rape	None	No
	Summary: The passage of time shall never bar prosecution against any person for the offenses of rape, felonious abuse or battery of a child as described in Section 97-5-39, touching or handling a child for lustful purposes as described in Section 97-5-23, sexual battery of a child as described in Section 97-3-95(1)(c), (d) or (2).
Missouri	Rape	None	No	§ 556.036 §556.037
	Summary: 556.036. Until December 31, 2016--Time limitations. A prosecution for rape in the first degree, forcible rape, attempted rape in the first degree, attempted forcible rape, may be commenced at any time. 556.037 Beginning January 1, 2017--Time limitations for prosecutions for sexual offenses involving a person under eighteen. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 556.036, prosecutions for unlawful sexual offenses involving a person eighteen years of age or under must be commenced within thirty years after the victim reaches the age of eighteen unless the prosecutions are for rape in the first degree, forcible rape, attempted rape in the first degree, attempted forcible rape. such prosecutions may be commenced at any time.
Montana	Sexual assault & sexual intercourse without consent	10 years	Yes	§ 45-1-205	Yes
	Summary: 45-1-205 a prosecution for a felony offense under 45-5-502, 45-5-503 may be commenced within 10 years after it is committed, except that it may be commenced within 10 years after the victim reaches 18 years of age if the victim was less than 18 years of age at the time that the offense occurred.
Nebraska	Sexual assault	None	No	Neb. Rev. Stat. §29-110
	Summary: 29-110 There shall not be any time limitations for prosecution or punishment for sexual assault in the first or second degree under section 28-319 or 28-320, sexual assault of a child in the second or third degree under section 28-320.01.
Nevada	Sexual assault	None as long as written report is filled out with law enforcement within 4 years after offense	No	§171.083	Yes
	Summary: 171.083 No limitation for sexual assault if written report filed with law enforcement officer during period of limitation.
New Hampshire	Sexual assault	6 years	No	§ 625:8	Yes
	Summary: 625:8 Limitations. – prosecutions are subject to the following periods of limitations: (a) For a class A felony, 6 years; (b) For a class B felony, 6 years
New Jersey	Sexual assault	None	Yes	§ 2A:14-2a	Yes
	Summary: 2. a. (1) Every action at law for an injury resulting from the commission of sexual assault, any other crime of a sexual nature, a prohibited sexual act as defined in section 2 of P.L.1992, c.7 (C.2A:30B-2), or sexual abuse as defined in section 1 of P.L.1992, c.109 (C.2A:61B-1) against a minor under the age of 18 that occurred prior to, on or after the effective date of P.L.2019, c.120 (C.2A:14-2a et al.) shall be commenced within 37 years after the minor reaches the age of majority, or within seven years from the date of reasonable discovery of the injury and its causal relationship to the act, whichever date is later.
	Sexual offenses	5 years
New Mexico	Rape	6 years	Yes	§30-1-8	Yes
	Summary: 30-1-8 Time limitations for commencing prosecution. A person shall not be prosecuted, tried or punished in any court of this state unless the indictment is found or information or complaint is filed within the time as provided: - for a second degree felony, within six years from the time the crime was committed; - for a third or fourth degree felony, within five years from the time the crime was committed; - for a capital felony or a first degree violent felony, no limitation period shall exist and prosecution for these crimes may commence at any time after the occurrence of the crime.
	Sexual assault	5 years
New York	Rape	None	Yes	§30.10(2)(A)	Yes
	Summary: 30.10(2)(a)There is no time limit for rape.
North Carolina	Felony sexual offenses	None	No	§	Yes
	Summary:
North Dakota	Felony sexual offenses	3 years	No	§29-04-02
	Summary: 29-04-02. Prosecution for felony other than murder within three years. Except as otherwise provided by law, a prosecution for any felony other than murder must be commenced within three years after its commission.
Ohio	Felony sexual offenses	6 years	No	2901.13	Yes
	Summary: 2901.13 Statute of limitations for criminal offenses for a felony is six years.
Oklahoma	Rape	12 years	Yes	tit. 22, § 152.	Yes
	Summary: tit. 22, § 152 Prosecutions for the crime of rape shall be commenced within twelve (12) years after the discovery of the crime.
Oregon	Rape	6 years	Yes	Rev. Stat. § 131.125	Yes
	Summary: 131.125 2) A prosecution for any of the following felonies may be commenced within six years after the commission of the crime or, if the victim at the time of the crime was under 18 years of age, anytime before the victim attains 30 years of age or within 12 years after the offense is reported to a law enforcement agency or the Department of Human Services, whichever occurs first:(c) Rape in the third degree under ORS 163.355. (d) Rape in the second degree under ORS 163.365.(e) Rape in the first degree under ORS 163.375.
Pennsylvania	Rape & sexual assault	12 years	Yes	42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5552	Yes
	Summary: 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5552 (b.1) Major sexual offenses.--A prosecution for any of the following offenses under Title 18 must be commenced within 12 years after it is committed: Section 3121 (relating to rape). Section 3122.1 (relating to statutory sexual assault). Section 3123 (relating to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse). Section 3124.1 (relating to sexual assault).
Puerto Rico	Sexual assault	5 years	No
Rhode Island	Sexual assault & rape	None	No	§ 12-12-17	Yes
	Summary: § 12-12-17 Statute of limitations. There shall be no statute of limitations for the following offenses: rape, first-degree sexual assault.
South Carolina	Any criminal prosecution	None	No		Yes
	Summary: There is no statute of limitations for reporting sexual assault. There is not a corresponding statute number for this. Most rape or sexual assault crimes are defined as “criminal sexual conduct” and can be found starting in S..C. Code 16-3-600 with Assault and Battery.
South Dakota	Rape (1st and 2nd degree)	None		§ 23A-42-1	Yes
	Summary: § 23A-42-2 No limitation on prosecution for Class A,Class B or Class C Felonies.
Tennessee	Rape and Aggravated sexual battery	8 years	No	28-3-104	Yes
Texas	Felony sexual assaults	None	Yes	§ 12.01	Yes
	Summary: 12.01 FELONIES. no limitation:sexual assault under Section 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code;
Utah	Rape & Sexual Assault	None	Yes	§76-1-301	Yes
	Summary: 76-1-301. Offenses for which prosecution may be commenced at any time; rape; aggravated sexual assault; rape of a child
Vermont	Aggravated Sexual Assault	None	No	Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 4501	Yes
	Summary: Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 4501 Prosecutions for aggravated sexual assault may be commenced at any time after the commission of the offense.
Virgin Islands	Felony sexual offense	None	No
Virginia	Felony sexual offenses	None	No	§ 19.2-8	Yes
Washington	Rape	10 years if it was reported to law enforcement within 1 year after its commission	Yes	§9A.04.080	Yes
	Summary: §9A.04.080 The following offenses may be prosecuted at any time after their commission: (iii)(A) Violations of RCW 9A.44.040 or 9A.44.050 if the rape is reported to a law enforcement agency within one year of its commission. (B) If a violation of RCW 9A.44.040 or 9A.44.050 is not reported within one year, the rape may not be prosecuted more than three years after its commission.
West Virginia	Felony sexual offense	None	No		Yes
Wisconsin	Felony sexual offense		Yes	§939.74	Yes
	Summary: 939.74 A prosecution for an attempt to commit a violation of 940.225 may be commenced at any time.
Wyoming	Criminal Prosecution	None	No	§ 6-2-315 and 6-2-309	Yes
	Summary: 6-2-309 n) No evidence collected under subsection (a) of this section shall be destroyed until all applicable statutes of limitation have expired or a court orders the destruction.