Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-35 (2026)
Limitations applicable to actions for certain torts
✓ current as of July 2026
All actions for assault, assault and battery, maiming, false imprisonment, malicious arrest, or menace, and all actions for slanderous words concerning the person or title, for failure to employ, and for libels, shall be commenced within one (1) year next after the cause of such action accrued, and not after.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 57, art. 6 (6); 1857, ch. 57, art. 7; 1871, § 2152; 1880, § 2673; 1892, § 2742; 1906, § 3102; Hemingway's 1917, § 2466; 1930, § 2302; 1942, § 732; Laws, 1983, ch. 394, eff. 7/1/1983.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 241
cases (36 in the last 5 years), 1974–2026 · leading case: Jones v. Fluor Daniel Servs. Corp., 32 So. 3d 417 (Miss. 2010).
Jones v. Fluor Daniel Servs. Corp., 32 So. 3d 417 (Miss. 2010). “The statute reads as follows: All actions for assault, assault and battery, maiming, false imprisonment, malicious arrest, or menace, and all actions for slanderous words concerning the person or title, for failure to employ, and for libels, shall be commenced within one (1)…”
City of Mound Bayou v. Johnson, 562 So. 2d 1212 (Miss. 1990). “The City of Mound Bayou and Thompson then answered, asserting numerous defenses, including sovereign and qualified official immunity.”
Angle v. Koppers, Inc., 42 So. 3d 1 (Miss. 2010). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-35 (Rev.2003). The court found that all of Angle's claims were governed by Mississippi Code Section 15-1-49 and were time-barred.”
Donald Breeden v. Willie Faye Breeden Buchanan, 164 So. 3d 1057 (Miss. Ct. App. 2015). “Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-35 . The circuit court determined that, according to the complaint, the assault was alleged to have occurred in July 2010.”
Sanderson Farms, Inc. v. D. D. McCullough, 212 So. 3d 69 (Miss. 2017). “"All actions for assault, assault and battery, maiming, false imprisonment, malicious arrest, or menace,, and all actions for slanderous words concerning the person or title, for failure to employ, and for libels, shall be commenced within one (1) year next after the cause of…”
Hervey v. MetLife Gen. Ins. Corp. Sys. Agency of Mississippi, Inc., 154 F. Supp. 2d 909 (S.D. Miss. 2001). “By retracing the steps that brought it to dismiss the same claim against Schmidt in the first place, the court has again arrived at the conclusion that the one-year limitations period of Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-35 applies to the plaintiffs cause of action for intentional…”
Jones v. Bl Dev. Corp., 940 So. 2d 961 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). “Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-35 (Rev.1995); see Nichols v.”
McCorkle v. McCorkle, 811 So. 2d 258 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001). “The one year statute states: All actions for assault, assault and battery, maiming, false imprisonment, malicious arrest, or menace, and all actions for slanderous words concerning the person or title, for failure to employ, and for libels, shall be commenced within one (1) year…”
Trustmark Nat'l Bank v. Meador, 81 So. 3d 1112 (Miss. 2012). “[4] Miss. Code Ann. §§ 15-1-35 and 15-1-49(1) (Rev.”
Brocato v. Mississippi Publishers Corp., 503 So. 2d 241 (Miss. 1987). “Following a hearing on the motion, the trial judge granted summary judgment reasoning that Brocato failed to satisfy the statute of limitations, Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-35 (1972). [1] Brocato appeals the dismissal of his libel action [2] assigning as error the following: (1) The…”
Alpha Gulf Coast, Inc. v. Jackson, 801 So. 2d 709 (Miss. 2001). “Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-35 (1995); City of Mound Bayou v.”
Levens v. Campbell, 733 So. 2d 753 (Miss. 1999). “Appellees assert, in the alternative, that Levens' claim is barred by Miss.Code Ann. § 15-1-35. Under this section, "All actions .”
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