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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 508:8 (2026)

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    508:8 Disabilities. – An infant or mentally incompetent person may bring a personal action within 2 years after such disability is removed.

Source. RS 181:8. CS 192:8. GS 202:7. GL 221:7. PS 217:7. PL 329:7. RL 385:7.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1965–2023 · leading case: Norton v. Patten, 480 A.2d 190 (N.H. 1984).
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Norton v. Patten, 480 A.2d 190 (N.H. 1984). · cites it 14× “RSA 508:8 (“an infant . . . may bring a personal action within two years after such disability is removed.”
Sykes v. RBS Citizens, N.A., 2 F. Supp. 3d 128 (D.N.H. 2014). · cites it 5× “State law claims RSA 508:8 provides that “[a]n infant or mentally incompetent person may bring a personal action within 2 years after such disability is removed.”
Sinclair v. Brill, 815 F. Supp. 44 (D.N.H. 1993). · cites it 8× “However, they argue the claim is time-barred under N.H.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 508:8 (1983 & Supp.1991).”
Steir v. Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 834 A.2d 385 (N.H. 2003). · cites it 4× “The issue we are asked to decide is whether the New Hampshire disability tolling provision under RSA 508:8 relieves Steir of strict observance of the 180-day limitation period under RSA 354-A:21, III because she is a minor.”
Reed v. Nat'l Council of the Boy Scouts of Am., Inc., 706 F. Supp. 2d 180 (D.N.H. 2010). · cites it 2× “See N.H.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 508:8 (tolling the limitations period on actions by a minor until two years after he reaches the age of majority).”
Coffey v. Bresnahan, 506 A.2d 310 (N.H. 1986). · cites it 2× “The plaintiffs, in opposing the motion to dismiss, argued (1) that RSA 556:1 cannot be used to deprive persons under disabilities of their rights, (2) that RSA 556:5 and :11 were tolled by RSA 508:8 and the “discovery rule,” (3) that the amended version of RSA 556:11 applied,…”
Benson v. New Hampshire Ins. Guar. Ass'n, 864 A.2d 359 (N.H. 2004). “At the hearing on the motion for reconsideration, the plaintiffs expressed their concern about the operation of the discovery rule, RSA 508:4, I (1997), and the minority rule, RSA 508:8 (1997). Under the discovery rule, if the harm and its causal relationship to the negligent…”
Lewis B. Sykes, Jr. v. RBS Citizens, N.A., et al., 2015 DNH 213 (D.N.H. 2015). · cites it 9× “The statute of limitations for the state claims, RSA 508:4, would be tolled pursuant to RSA 508:8 for any period, after Sykes’s state claims accrued, during which Sykes was mentally incompetent.”
Desaulnier v. Manchester Sch. Dist., 667 A.2d 1380 (N.H. 1995). · cites it 3× “Desaulnier argues that the court erred in ruling her suit barred by the statute of limitations, RSA 508:8 (1983). We reverse and remand. *337 Desaulnier’s action is based on an injury she allegedly suffered while cheerleading for Manchester’s West High School on March 10, 1990.”
Berry v. Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc'y of New York, Inc., 879 A.2d 1124 (N.H. 2005). “Finally, I would uphold the trial court’s decision that though the statute of limitations, RSA 508:4, I (1997) and RSA 508:8 (1997), had expired by the time that plaintiff Holly Berry filed suit, the discovery rule allowed her to bring suit within three years of the time she…”
Vickers v. Vickers, 242 A.2d 57 (N.H. 1968). · cites it 2× “RSA 508:8. It may fairly be assumed that during the twelve-year interregnum between Levesque and Briere, emancipated minors have suffered injuries through parental negligence for which no actions were brought because of the Levesque holding; and likewise that insurers, in…”
Opinion of the Justices, 558 A.2d 454 (N.H. 1989). “While our general statute relating to the time to bring personal actions tolls the statute of limitations for such actions during the minority of a child, see RSA 508:8, we are of the opinion that the omission from RSA 168-A: 12 of any provision for tolling its short limitation…”
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