Editing Statute of limitations (section)

===Germany===
In Germany, the statute of limitations on crimes varies by type of crime, with the highest statute of limitation being 30 years for [[voluntary manslaughter]] ({{lang|de|Totschlag}}).  Murder, genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the [[crime of aggression]] have no statute of limitations.

In Germany, the crime of murder used to have a 20-year statute of limitations. In 1969, the statute of limitations for murder was extended from 20 to 30 years. The limitations were abolished altogether in 1979, in order to prevent Nazi criminals from avoiding criminal liability.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Monson |first=Robert A. |date=1982 |title=The West German Statute of Limitations on Murder: A Political, Legal, and Historical Exposition |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/840011 |journal=The American Journal of Comparative Law |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=605–625 |doi=10.2307/840011 |issn=0002-919X}}</ref>

For most other criminal offences, the statute of limitations is set by Section 78(3) of the Criminal Code ({{lang|de|[[Strafgesetzbuch]]}}) as follows:
* 30 years for offences which are punishable by a maximum [[term of imprisonment]] for life;
* 20 years for offences which are punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of over 10 years but not by imprisonment for life;
* 10 years for offences which are punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of over 5 years but no more than 10 years;
* 5 years for offences which are punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of over 1 year but no more than 5 years;
* 3 years for all other offences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/index.html|title=GERMAN CRIMINAL CODE|website=www.gesetze-im-internet.de|language=en|access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref>

In the civil code ({{lang|de|[[Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch]]}}), the regular statute of limitations is three years (plus the time until the end of the calendar year); however, different terms between two and thirty years may apply in specific situations. For example, the term is only two years for claims for alleged defects of purchased goods, but 30 years for claims resulting from a court judgement (such as awarded damages).