SF 512 (LSB 2550SV (4) 91)

RELATING TO STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS IN CIVIL ACTIONS. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 614.1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the law governing when a cause of action accrues, including the discovery rule and related doctrines, as recognized by statute or common law. Actions may be brought within the times limited as follows, respectively, after their causes accrue, and not 

afterwards, except when otherwise specially declared, provided that such time limitations may only be altered by an Act of the general assembly:

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AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate

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PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 512, Ninety-first General Assembly.

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W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate

Approved _______________, 2026

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor