EVERY DEADLINE

From

The crash

Whose

The driver

Insurance details the driver could not give at the scene go to the driver's license division within five days.

From

The charge of driving without the license in possession

Whose

The driver

A driver charged with not having a license is not convicted, and pays no court costs, on producing a valid license to the prosecutor's office within fourteen days.

From

The offense of driving while suspended

Whose

The driver

A court may dismiss the charge if the license is reinstated within sixty days of the offense and the driver shows the court.

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The insurance violation

Whose

The driver

After a violation, proof of insurance from the carrier stays on file with the department for one year, or the license is suspended.

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Probable cause, after seeing recent injury

Whose

The officer

An arrest without a warrant for assaulting a household member is made within twelve hours of probable cause; after that, a warrant is needed.

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Placement in jail

Whose

The jail

No one may be held in jail because of intoxication for more than twenty-four hours, and only under constant monitoring.

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Issuance of the temporary permit

Whose

The driver

The license is not suspended or revoked without a hearing if the driver sends a request to the director within ten days after the temporary permit is issued.

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The test or the refusal

Whose

The officer

When someone under eighteen is taken into custody for impaired driving, notice of the test or refusal is mailed to a parent or guardian within ten days.

From

Issuance of the temporary permit at the arrest

Whose

The driver

The officer takes the license and issues a temporary permit good for the next twenty-five days, unless a hearing decides otherwise.

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Issuance of the temporary permit, counted forward

Whose

The director

A timely requested hearing is held within thirty days after the temporary permit was issued.

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Service of the order, or sooner on an officer's request

Whose

The respondent

A respondent ordered to surrender a firearm does so within twenty-four hours of service or on an officer's request, whichever is sooner.

From

The hearing, counted back

Whose

The defendant

A counterclaim up to $15,000 is served on the plaintiff no later than forty-eight hours before the hearing.

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The day the buyer signs the agreement

Whose

The buyer

The buyer may cancel until midnight of the third business day after signing an agreement that complies with the chapter.

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The death

Whose

The heir

An heir who fails to survive the decedent by one hundred twenty hours is treated as having died first.

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The accident, or when the injury became apparent

Whose

The employee

Absent good cause, notice of a work accident goes to a supervisor no later than seven days after it occurred or the injury became apparent.

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Receipt of the garnishee summons

Whose

The debtor

A signed list of dependents given to the employer within ten days reduces the garnishment by twenty dollars a week for each one.

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Issuance of the garnishee summons, counted back

Whose

The creditor

The creditor serves the debtor notice at least ten days before a garnishee summons on wages, or the garnishment is void.

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The cancellation

Whose

The seller

The seller returns any payments and any note, and ends any security interest, within ten days after the sale is cancelled.

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Mailing of the notice to the last known address

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The claimant or the employer

A determination is appealed to the appeal tribunal within twelve days after the notice was mailed, or after service if it was not mailed.

From

The temporary protection order

Whose

The court

The full hearing on a domestic violence protection order is set no later than fourteen days after the temporary order.

From

The day the buyer enters the agreement

Whose

The buyer sixty-five or older

A buyer sixty-five or older may cancel a sale over fifty dollars until midnight of the fifteenth business day.

From

The employer's default on the final wages

Whose

The employee

An employee not paid on time may collect the contract's daily wage for each day of default, which stops thirty days after the default.

From

The alleged violation

Whose

The requester

An interested person may ask for an attorney general's opinion on a records denial or a meeting violation within thirty days.

From

The death

Whose

The successor

Thirty days after a death, the holder of the decedent's property delivers it to a successor with a proper affidavit, for an estate of $100,000 or less.

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The hearing on the petition, counted back

Whose

The petitioner

Notice of the intended application runs thirty days before in the county's official newspaper, unless the court waives it.

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The alleged violation

Whose

The employee

A violation reported within thirty days must be investigated by the labor commissioner; a later one may be.

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The work injury

Whose

The employee

Where the employer chose a preferred provider, treatment for the first thirty days comes from that provider, except emergency care.

From

Issuance of the license

Whose

The couple

No one may perform a marriage until the couple produces a license issued not more than sixty days before.

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Learning of the violation

Whose

The interested person

A civil action is due within sixty days of learning of the violation, or thirty days after an attorney general's opinion, whichever is later.

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The first scheduled trial date, counted back

Whose

The court

Unless the parties agree on a date, marital property and debt are valued sixty days before the initially scheduled trial date.

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The discharge

Whose

The employee

An employee fired for jury or witness service may sue within ninety days for lost wages, capped at six weeks, and reinstatement.

From

The discharge

Whose

The employee

An employee fired because wages were garnished may sue within ninety days for twice the lost wages and reinstatement.

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The department's dismissal or written probable cause determination

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The complainant

After a complaint is first filed with the department, a suit is due within ninety days of its dismissal or probable cause finding.

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The discriminatory act

Whose

The person refused

A complaint about a public accommodation goes to the human rights division, or a suit to district court, within one hundred eighty days.

From

The discriminatory act

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The person harmed

A complaint goes to the human rights division, or a suit to district court, within three hundred days of the act.

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The injury

Whose

The employee

An original claim is filed within one year after the injury, or within two years after a death, or no benefits are allowed.

From

Reaching majority

Whose

The former minor

Most contracts made as a minor may be disaffirmed before majority or within one year after.

From

Original delivery of the vehicle

Whose

The consumer

A defect reported within the warranty or one year of delivery, whichever ends first, must be repaired even after that period runs out.

From

Original delivery of the vehicle

Whose

The consumer

A suit is due within six months after the warranty expires or eighteen months after delivery, whichever is earlier.

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The claim for relief accrues

Whose

The person harmed

Libel, slander, assault, battery, false imprisonment, malpractice and wrongful death actions are commenced within two years.

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The regular payday the wages were due

Whose

The employee

A claim of at least $125 and not more than $15,000 may be filed with the department within two years from the date the wages were due.

From

The unlawful pay practice

Whose

The employee

Court action is due no later than two years after the practice, and a complaint first filed with the commissioner pauses that clock.

From

The restraining order

Whose

The court

A disorderly conduct restraining order follows the protection order steps and lasts no more than two years.

From

The order establishing primary residential responsibility

Whose

The parent

No motion to change it may be made within two years of the order, unless a listed ground applies or the parties agreed.

From

The claim for relief accrues

Whose

The person wronged

An action on a statute for a penalty given to the person wronged is commenced within three years.

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Discovery of the facts of the violation

Whose

The person harmed

A suit over an unlawful sales practice is due within four years, counted from when the facts were discovered.

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The claim for relief accrues

Whose

The party with the claim

Contract claims, liabilities created by statute, injuries not otherwise provided for, and fraud from its discovery are commenced within six years.

From

The claim for relief accrues

Whose

The party with the claim

An action on a judgment, or to foreclose a real estate mortgage, is commenced within ten years.

From

The rent's due date

Whose

The tenant

Failing to pay rent for three days after it is due is a ground for an eviction action in district court.

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The appearance date, counted back

Whose

The landlord

Personal service in the county is made at least three days before the appearance, and other service at least seven days before.

From

Issuance of the summons

Whose

The court

The summons sets the appearance no fewer than three nor more than fifteen days from its issue.

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Service of the written notice of intention to evict

Whose

The landlord

For holding over, unpaid rent, or a broken lease term, three days' written notice of intention to evict comes before the case can start.

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The judgment for the landlord

Whose

The court

On a showing of substantial hardship, the court may stay execution for up to five days, except in an eviction for a disturbance of the peace.

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The end of the month, counted back

Whose

The tenant

When the landlord changes the lease terms, the tenant may end the lease at the end of the month on at least twenty-five days' notice.

From

The termination date, counted back

Whose

The landlord or the tenant

Either side may end a month to month tenancy by at least one calendar month's written notice, and rent is due through the termination date.

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The lease's expiration, counted back

Whose

The landlord

An automatic renewal clause is enforceable only after written notice at least thirty days before the lease expires; without it, the lease converts to month to month.

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The end of the lease and the tenant's surrender of possession

Whose

The landlord

The landlord delivers or mails an itemized list of anything kept and the refund within thirty days, and withholding without reasonable justification brings treble damages.

From

The discriminatory housing practice

Whose

The person harmed

An aggrieved person may sue in district court within two years after the practice, not counting time an administrative hearing on it is pending.

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Satisfaction of the eviction order

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The former tenant

Someone who resolved the claims may move to seal the records seven years after the order was satisfied, if not evicted elsewhere in that time.

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The seizure of the ID

Whose

The bar or store

A retailer that seizes an ID notifies law enforcement within twenty-four hours, and the agency takes it within twenty-four hours of notice.

From

Filing of the petition

Whose

The court

For a case ended before August 1, 2025, the court closes the record within ten days of a petition that meets the requirements.

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Receipt of the notice of dishonor

Whose

The check writer

If the check and collection costs are not paid within ten days of the notice, the holder may sue for the lesser of two hundred dollars or three times the check.

From

Filing of the petition

Whose

The court

A hearing on a petition to seal may not be held earlier than forty-five days after it is filed.

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The order of nonconviction

Whose

The court

For an order of nonconviction entered on or after August 1, 2025, the court closes the record after sixty-one days.

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The last conviction

Whose

The person convicted

A misdemeanor can be sealed after at least three years with no new conviction.

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The last conviction

Whose

The person convicted

A felony can be sealed after at least five years with no new conviction, if it is not excluded.

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An officer's notice to redirect the camera

Whose

The camera owner

Pointing a surveillance camera into another person's dwelling becomes disorderly conduct after seven days' notice from an officer to redirect it.