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K.S.A. § 60-510 (2026)

Effect of limitations prescribed

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60-510. Effect of limitations prescribed. Civil actions, other than for the recovery of real property, can only be commenced within the period prescribed in the following sections of this article, after the cause of action shall have accrued.

History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-510; January 1, 1964.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1972–2022 · leading case: Gilger v. Lee Constr., Inc., 820 P.2d 390 (Kan. 1991).
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Gilger v. Lee Constr., Inc., 820 P.2d 390 (Kan. 1991). · cites it 2× “The 10 year provision is secondary and speaks to this primary period when it states `but in no event shall the period be extended more than ten (10) years beyond the time of the act giving rise to the cause of action.”
Admire Bank & Trust v. City of Emporia, 829 P.2d 578 (Kan. 1992). · cites it 3× “This court reversed the trial court, reasoning: “Under K.S.A. 60-510 this primary 2 year period [in 60-513(a)] is not to commence until each cause of action shall accrue, i.”
O'Brien v. Leegin Creative Leather Prods., Inc., 277 P.3d 1062 (Kan. 2012). “We also note as an initial matter that amicus Quin Jackson, in addition to supporting O’Brien’s argument for application of the 3-year statute of limitations, states that the discovery rule of K.S.A. 60-510 applies and that “fraudulent concealment and other tolling issues may be…”
In Re Smith, 293 B.R. 786 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2003). · cites it 2× “See also K.S.A. 60-510, requiring accrual of a cause of action to trigger the statute of limitations.”
Wagher v. Guy's Foods, Inc., 885 P.2d 1197 (Kan. 1994). · cites it 2× “Based upon K.S.A. 60-510 and Pancake House, Inc. v. Redmond, 239 Kan.”
Harding v. K.C. Wall Prods., Inc., 831 P.2d 958 (Kan. 1992). “We reversed, finding: “Under K.S.A. 60-510 this primary 2 year period [in 60-513(a)] is not to commence until each cause of action shall accrue, i.”
Mason v. Gerin Corp., 647 P.2d 1340 (Kan. 1982). “This change in the statute does not appear to be anything more than a transfer of the statute of limitations provision from the wrongful death statute to the article in the Code of Civil Procedure which generally governs the statute of limitations for all actions.”
Davila v. Vanderberg, 608 P.2d 1388 (Kan. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “In regard to limitations, K.S.A. 60-510 provides that: “Civil actions .”
Tomlinson v. Celotex Corp., 770 P.2d 825 (Kan. 1989). “Under K.S.A. 60-510 this primary 2 year period is not to commence until each cause of action shall accrue, i.”
Whittenburg v. L.J. Holding Co., 830 F. Supp. 557 (D. Kan. 1993). “In general, for purposes of the two-year limitation, a cause of action does not accrue until the act giving rise to the cause of action first causes substantial injury, or, if the fact of injury is not reasonably ascertainable until some time after the initial act, the two-year…”
Koch v. Shell Oil Co., 815 F. Supp. 1434 (D. Kan. 1993). · cites it 2× “See K.S.A. 60-510; K.S.A. 1992 Supp. 60-513(a)(2), (4).”
W. Nat. Gas Co. v. Cities Serv. Gas Co., 507 P.2d 1236 (Okla. 1972). “1965) and if Western’s cause of action accrued in the State of Kansas such cause of action, having accrued prior to the alleged expiration of the Contract, April 1, 1960, was barred by the Kansas 5 year limitation statute, K.S.A. 60-510, 60-511, applicable to any “action upon…”
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