Tennessee § 28-3-202 - Limitation of actions.

§ 28-3-202. Limitation of actions.

All actions, arbitrations, or other binding dispute resolution proceedings to recover damages for any deficiency in the design, planning, supervision, observation of construction, or construction of an improvement to real property, for injury to property, real or personal, arising out of any such deficiency, or for injury to the person or for wrongful death arising out of any such deficiency, must be brought against any person performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision, observation of construction, or construction of the improvement within four (4) years after substantial completion of an improvement. Acts 1965, ch. 353, § 1; 1980, ch. 811, § 1; T.C.A., § 28-314; Acts 2020, ch. 749, § 38. Compiler's Notes. This section is set out to remove “, or land surveying in connection with,” preceding “such an improvement” at the end of the section pursuant to the amendment to this section by Acts 1980, ch. 811. Acts 2020, ch. 749, § 42 provided that the act, which amended this section, applies to actions occurring and contracts entered into, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2020. Amendments. The 2020 amendment inserted “, arbitrations, or other binding dispute resolution proceedings” and made stylistic changes. Effective Dates. Acts 2020, ch. 749, § 42. July 1, 2020. Law Reviews. Accrual of Cause of Action in Products Liability and Other Tort Actions, 42 Tenn. L. Rev. 593. New Home Construction Liability (Jeff Mueller), 43 Tenn. B.J. 18 (2007). Paine on Procedure: The Construction Statute of Repose (Donald F. Paine), 44 Tenn. B.J. 37 (2008). Statutes of Limitations — Personal Injury, Property Damage and Breach of Warranty, 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 803. The Tolling of Statutes of Limitations in Tennessee, 14 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 375 (1984). Torts — Statute of Limitations — Employee Injured Using Employer's Equipment, 38 Tenn. L. Rev. 608. Torts — Statute of Limitations — Personal Injury — Defect in Real Estate Construction, 38 Tenn. L. Rev. 613.