Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 14-207 - Periods of limitations(a)(1) The period during which a person is a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage is not included in computing any period of limitations applicable to bringing an action by or against: (i) the person in emergency management service;(ii) the person suffering injury or damage; or(iii) an heir, executor, administrator, or assign of:1. the person in emergency management service; or2. the person suffering injury or damage.(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection applies whether the cause of action accrues before the person becomes, or during the period that the person is, a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage.(b)(1)(i) If a person in emergency management service is reported missing, the person is presumed to continue to be a person in emergency management service until the person is accounted for.(ii) If a person suffering injury or damage is reported missing, the person is presumed to continue to be a person suffering injury or damage until the person is accounted for.(2) A period of limitations that begins or ends with the death of a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage does not begin or end until the death: (i) is in fact confirmed; or(ii) is found by a court.