{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.47","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.47","heading":"Statute of limitations.","body":"An action for sexual exploitation must be commenced within three years after the cause of action accrues. A cause of action for sexual exploitation accrues at the later of either:\n(1)\tThe last act of the psychotherapist giving rise to the cause of action.\n(2)\tAt the time the client discovers or reasonably should discover that the sexual exploitation occurred; however, no cause of action shall be commenced more than 10 years from the last act of the psychotherapist giving rise to the cause of action. (1998-213, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 90. Medicine and Allied Occupations.","Article 1F. Psychotherapy Patient/Client Sexual Exploitation Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90/GS_90-21.47.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:48Z","sha256":"71cdc72587d861c09f394959b1f735a5a5c5484d4a96c8d2e45072aea374912f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.46","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90-21.48"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}