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Statute of Limitations refers to a statute that sets the time period during which a legal claim can be brought. Most statute of limitations laws require individuals to sue at some point during a set period usually commencing from the date of the wrong or injury or the discovery of the wrong or injury. Except for under a limited set of circumstances, if an individual does not file a suit within the specified time period, the law bars them from ever suing on that claim. less -

The Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act is Now Law

Perkins Coie on 1/18/2023

On December 30, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act (FAPA) after the bill’s passage by both the New York state senate and the assembly. FAPA is a direct response to a New...more

Copper Creek Confirms That Bankruptcy Discharges Have No Effect on the Statute of Limitations in Washington State

Perkins Coie on 3/31/2022

As we previously noted, the statute of limitations on actions to enforce a note or deed of trust can be a brutally effective sword for borrowers in Washington State. Under the six-year limitations period of RCW 7.28.300, a...more

Statute of Limitations Bars Lender’s Subsequent Action to Quiet Title Against Junior Lienholder Mistakenly Omitted from Initial...

Snell & Wilmer on 10/16/2020

A recently issued opinion by the Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District tells a cautionary tale regarding a lender’s failure to name a junior lienholder in its initial judicial foreclosure action. In Cathleen Robin v....more