Florida Florida Statutes
§ 95.051 — When limitations tolled
FS § 95.051Ch. 95
Statute text
View on source(1)The running of the time under any statute of limitations except ss. 95.281, 95.35, and 95.36 is tolled by:(a) Absence from the state of the person to be sued.
(b)Use by the person to be sued of a false name that is unknown to the person entitled to sue so that process cannot be served on the person to be sued.
(c)Concealment in the state of the person to be sued so that process cannot be served on him or her.
(d)The adjudicated incapacity, before the cause of action accrued, of the person entitled to sue. In any event, the action must be begun within 7 years after the act, event, or occurrence giving rise to the cause of action.
(e)Voluntary payments by the alleged father of the child in paternity actions during the time of the payments.
(f)The payment of any part of the principal or interest of any obligation or liability founded on a written instrument.
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