What limitation applies to an action covered by General Municipal Law 50-i?

For its ordinary covered non-death tort branch, GML 50-i(1)(c) states one year and ninety days after the event. Wrongful death uses two years after death. Notice-of-claim and waiting conditions, tolls, revival and current statutory exclusions or custody provisions require separate review.

Responsible actor. The claimant commencing a covered action or special proceeding against a listed municipal entity.

Identify the entity and claim within section 50-i. State claims, school-specific claims and other statutes require separate applicability checks.

For the ordinary non-death branch, establish the statutory event. For wrongful death, establish death rather than substituting an injury event.

Preserve notice-of-claim compliance, service route and the applicable waiting condition under subdivision (1).

Review current subdivisions (4)–(6), applicable tolls and revival provisions. The February 20, 2026 custody-related text requires specific coverage and historical analysis.

This source guide requires the covered entity, claim type, operative event, notice conditions and all applicable tolls or exceptions. It publishes no automatic date or paid calculation. A one-unit preset cannot establish the composite period or current alternative branches.

1. Identify the actor, required act and governing procedural branch.
2. Establish the operative event, actual service route, completion and every controlling order.
3. Apply only the provision’s stated calendar model or minimum interval, with all necessary comparisons.
4. Check eligibility, local requirements, completed service or filing and any separate controlling period.

General Construction Law 20 ordinarily excludes the event day and counts calendar days. Establish the legal service-completion event before counting a completion-based period. CPLR 2103 additions require their stated service and procedural conditions; do not transfer pending-action paper additions automatically to original summons service. This guide publishes explanatory scenarios only.

Check General Construction Law 25-a and the actual applicable court, public holidays, orders and procedural branch. A closed-day rule for a forward act must not be used mechanically to shorten a minimum notice interval before a hearing. This guide supplies no automatic carry or inferred hearing date.

This source guide requires the covered entity, claim type, operative event, notice conditions and all applicable tolls or exceptions. It publishes no automatic date or paid calculation. A one-unit preset cannot establish the composite period or current alternative branches.

Assume a covered non-death municipal tort event October 6, 2026, with the ordinary limitation branch and no applicable toll, revival or exception established. The one-year component reaches October 6, 2027. Ninety calendar days after that is January 4, 2028. Neither one year alone nor fifteen months expresses the statute. This explains the composite arithmetic only. Notice-of-claim compliance, waiting conditions and actual applicability remain unresolved.

Assume a covered wrongful death occurring October 6, 2026. Section 50-i(1)(c) states a separate two-year period after death. It does not use the underlying non-death event plus one year and ninety days. Establish death, claim type, notice prerequisites and every applicable toll or exception. No computed date is published.

Assume the ordinary composite branch and an event June 6, 2026. The one-year component reaches June 6, 2027. Ninety further calendar days reaches Saturday, September 4, 2027. The intermediate anniversary is not a separate deadline for the required act. Review the applicable final-day law for the whole composite period and all claim conditions. No automatic rolled date is published.

Assume the claim concerns injury or a condition suffered in custody and a release dated October 6, 2026. Current section 50-i(6) refers to CPLR 208-a, the benefit of the ordinary limitation and an additional two-year release window. The current provisions contain revival and notice conditions. Establish statutory coverage and historical applicability. Do not apply one year plus ninety days mechanically or assume every notice requirement is waived.

Notice and waiting prerequisites

Subdivision (1) requires section 50-e compliance and the specified post-notice waiting facts. It distinguishes ordinary notice from the secretary-of-state service route.

Wrongful-death branch

Subdivision (1)(c) separately states two years after death. The ordinary event-based composite period must not replace it.

Current exclusions and revival

The current statute includes specified World Trade Center, childhood-sexual-offense and custody provisions. Establish coverage rather than assuming the ordinary limit applies to every claim.

Custody and notice scope

Section 50-i(6) refers to CPLR 208-a and specifies notice treatment for identified revived claims. It does not waive every notice requirement for every custody claim.

• This source guide requires the covered entity, claim type, operative event, notice conditions and all applicable tolls or exceptions. It publishes no automatic date or paid calculation. A one-unit preset cannot establish the composite period or current alternative branches.
• Serving a notice of claim and commencing the covered action are different acts. Ordinary tort, wrongful death, school-specific claims and current statutory exclusions require distinct source analysis.

• Identify the covered entity and claim type.
• Preserve the event, death or other statutory trigger evidence.
• Establish notice-of-claim compliance and the actual service route.
• Check the applicable waiting condition and neglected or refused adjustment or payment.
• Review tolls, exclusions, revival and custody provisions and their historical scope.
• Complete legally effective action commencement and any separate required service.
• Section 50-i concerns commencing the covered action or proceeding, with separate notice and waiting prerequisites. A notice receipt does not establish action commencement, and filing alone does not resolve every other condition.