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=====State laws===== {{incomplete table|date=September 2022}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! State ! Misdemeanor ! Felony ! Notes |- |[[Connecticut]] |1 year<ref name="legreport">{{cite web |last1=Reinhart |first1=Christopher |title=Statute of Limitations for Prosecutions |url=https://www.cga.ct.gov/2015/rpt/pdf/2015-R-0098.pdf |website=Office of Legislative Research Research Report |publisher=State of Connecticut |access-date=22 May 2020 |date=6 March 2015}}</ref> | * Terrorism not resulting in death: 30 years * Manslaughter: 25 years * Rape: 15 years * Violent felonies: 10 years * Nonviolent felonies: 5 years * Nonviolent felonies committed by a minor: 2 years{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} |A bill was proposed to abolish the statute of limitations for most sex offenses, but it was not submitted for a vote in the [[Connecticut State Senate|state senate]]. Efforts continue to pass legislation to extend the limitations period for the prosecution of sex offenses.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Krasselt |first1=Kaitlyn |title=Legislature unlikely to eliminate civil statute of limitations for sex abuse |url=https://www.ctpost.com/politics/article/Legislature-unlikely-to-eliminate-civil-statute-15072024.php |access-date=22 May 2020 |publisher=Connecticut Post |date=20 February 2020}}</ref> |- |[[Michigan]] |6 years | * Murder: No limits * Kidnapping, extortion, assault with intent or conspiracy to murder: 10 years * Sexual conduct, violence or abuse: ** If DNA evidence is present but offender has not been identified: No limits ** If DNA evidence is present and offender identified or when the victim turns 21, whichever is earlier: 10 years ** Against a minor (below the age of 18): 10 years * Others: 6 years{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} |Statute of limitation tolls if defendant is not a resident and did not usually and publicly reside in the state. See [http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?mcl-767-24 MCL 767.24] |- |[[North Carolina]] |2 years |No limits |No statute of limitations for "malicious misdemeanors", per [https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/ByChapter/Chapter_15.pdf NCGS Β§15-1] |- |[[Utah]] | | * Sexual conduct, violence, or abuse against a minor (below the age of 18): 10 years after the victim becomes 18 years old<ref>{{Cite web |title=Utah Code Section 76-1-301.1 |url=https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter1/76-1-S301.1.html?v=C76-1-S301.1_2020051220200512 |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=le.utah.gov}}</ref> * Murder, rape, manslaughter, aggravated kidnapping: No limits<ref>{{Cite web |title=Utah Code Section 76-1-301 |url=https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter1/76-1-S301.html?v=C76-1-S301_2022050420220504 |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=le.utah.gov}}</ref> | |}
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