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Ohio Rev. Code § 126.301 (2026)

Statute of limitations

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July 1, 1993
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House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly
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Except for unclaimed funds under Chapter 169. of the Revised Code, an action against the state or an agency thereof for failure to make any distribution or other payment shall be brought within five years after the cause of action has accrued.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1995–2026 · leading case: Rayess v. Educ. Comm'n for Foreign Med. Graduates, 2012-Ohio-5676, 983 N.E.2d 1267.
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Rayess v. Educ. Comm'n for Foreign Med. Graduates, 2012-Ohio-5676, 983 N.E.2d 1267. “98 of the Revised Code, an action upon a specialty or an agreement, contract, or promise in uniting shall be brought within fifteen years after the cause thereof accrued.” (Emphasis added.) Am. Sub.H.B. No. 152,145 Ohio Laws, Part II, 3313, 3569.”
Helman v. Epl Prolong, Inc., 743 N.E.2d 484 (Ohio Ct. App. 7th Dist. 2000). “98 of the Revised *242 Code, an action upon a specialty or an agreement, contract, or promise in writing shall be brought within fifteen years after the cause thereof accrued.” Appellants maintain that the subscription agreements are written contracts and that the statute of…”
Bank of New York Mellon v. Walker, 2017-Ohio-535, 78 N.E.3d 930. “06, at the time the instrument was created, stated, “[e]xcept as provided in sections 126.301 and 1302.98 of the Revised Code, an action upon a specialty or an agreement, contract, or promise in writing shall be brought within fifteen years after the cause thereof accrued.”
D'Amore v. Mathews, 952 N.E.2d 1212 (Ohio Ct. App. 12th Dist. 2011). · cites it 2× “07 states: {¶ 16} “Except as provided in sections 126.301 and 1302.98 of the Revised Code, an action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied, or upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture or penalty, shall be brought within six years after the cause…”
McAuliffe v. W. States Imp. Co., 651 N.E.2d 957 (Ohio 1995). “It now reads: “Except as provided in sections 126.301 and 1302.98 of the Revised Code, an action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied, or upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture or penalty, shall be brought within six years after the cause…”
Yoby v. Cleveland, 2020-Ohio-3366, 155 N.E.3d 258. “07 provides that Except as provided in sections 126.301 and 1302.98 of the Rev. Code, an action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied, or upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture or penalty, shall be brought within six years after the cause…”
Tabbaa v. Nouraldin, 2022-Ohio-1172. “07(A) states that “[e]xcept as provided in sections 126.301 and 1302.98 of the Revised Code, an action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied, shall be brought within four years after the cause of action accrued.”
Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. Gromnicki, 745 N.E.2d 449 (Ohio Ct. App. 6th Dist. 2000). · cites it 2× “06, applicable to written contracts, provides: “Except as provided in sections 126.301 and 1302.98 of the Revised Code, an action upon a specialty or an agreement, contract, or promise in writing shall be brought within fifteen years after the cause thereof accrued.”
Abroms v. Synergy Bldg. Sys., 2011-Ohio-2180. “It provides: “Except as provided in sections 126.301 and 1302.98 of the Revised Code, an action upon a specialty or an agreement, contract, or promise in writing shall be brought within fifteen years after the cause thereof accrued.”
Corn v. Whitmere, 916 N.E.2d 838 (Ohio Ct. App. 2d Dist. 2009). “09(D) provides that “an action for any of the following causes shall be brought within four years after the cause thereof accrued: * * * (D) For an injury to the rights of the plaintiff not arising on contract nor enumerated in sections 1304.”
Parker v. Newmark Homes, Inc., 2013-Ohio-4402. · cites it 2× “{¶ 27} R.C. 126.301 and R.C. 1302.98 do not apply to the case before us, because they 10 pertain, respectively, to actions for unclaimed funds and actions on contracts for sale.”
State ex rel. Cuyahoga Cty. v. Jones Lang LaSalle Great Lakes Corp. Real Est. Partners, 2017-Ohio-4066. “07 provides, “Except as provided in sections 126.301 and 1302.98 of the Revised Code, an action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied, or upon a liability created by statute other than a forfeiture or penalty, shall be brought within six years after the cause…”
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