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If you were injured in a car accident, you can sue the person or entity responsible for your injury. However, the state of Florida enacted a statute that sets a deadline for filing a lawsuit after the accident. We call this statute the Statute of Limitations (SOL).
Under Florida’s SOL, you generally have 2 years from the date of the accident to file a negligence lawsuit (Florida Statute §95.11). Florida shortened this deadline from four years to two effective March 24, 2023, and the two-year period applies to accidents that happened after that date. For an accident before March 24, 2023, the earlier four-year period can still apply. If you don’t file your case within this time window, the court might refuse to hear it at all. Florida applies a delayed-discovery rule only in limited categories of cases. In an ordinary accident case, a later-discovered injury should not be assumed to extend the filing deadline.
Claims against a city, county or state government follow different rules. Under Florida Statute §768.28, the claim must generally be presented in writing to the agency within 3 years after it accrues (2 years in a wrongful death case), and the lawsuit must be filed within 4 years. Missing the written-notice step can bar a claim even when the filing deadline has not passed.
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Reviewed by Yana Kurzman, Esq. — last reviewed September 14, 2026.
