Indiana at a glance
Rules, not your dateChild sexual abuse: the civil deadline
7 years after the claim accrues, or 4 years after the survivor stops being a dependent of the alleged abuser, whichever is later. The rule is in Ind. Code § 34-11-2-4(b).
That is the deadline for a civil lawsuit, a claim for money damages. A criminal prosecution runs on a separate clock set by the state’s criminal code, and a report to police can be made whether or not a civil claim is still open. How the two differ.
Adult sexual assault: the civil deadline
2 years (general personal injury period). The rule is in Ind. Code § 34-11-2-4(a).
Revival and lookback windows
Indiana opened a window that revived expired sexual abuse claims. It ran from March 12, 2024 to June 30, 2025. It is closed now. The law was Ind. Code § 34-11-2-4(c), (d) (HEA 1047, 2024), limited to claims against a congressionally chartered organization incorporated before June 16, 1916, by people who took part in its 2020 bankruptcy.
A revival window, sometimes called a lookback window, lets survivors file claims that had already expired, for a set period. Closed windows stay listed here with their dates, because a claim filed while one was open may still be moving through the courts. Every state’s window, side by side.
Claims against public entities
Political subdivision (including a school corporation): written notice within 180 days after the loss. State: notice to the Attorney General or the agency within 270 days. No childhood sexual abuse exemption appears. See Ind. Code §§ 34-13-3-8(a), 34-13-3-6(a).
A claim against a public body often needs a written notice filed with that body first, and the notice period can be far shorter than the deadline for the lawsuit itself.
Active lawsuits and institutions in Indiana
- Roblox litigation: Attorney general suit against Roblox and Discord, May 2026
- Discord litigation: Attorney general suit against Discord
The deadlines described here are general rules, and most of them have exceptions. The date that governs a particular claim turns on the state, the person’s age when the abuse happened, when they connected it to the harm it caused, and who the defendant is. A claim against a public agency or a public school can carry a written notice requirement that runs out long before the ordinary deadline.
Nothing on this page can tell you your own date. A lawyer who looks at your facts can, and there is no charge to ask.
- Ind. Code § 34-11-2-4(b) (childhood claims). Accurate as of October 7, 2026.
- Ind. Code § 34-11-2-4(a) (adult claims). Accurate as of October 7, 2026.
- Ind. Code § 34-11-2-4(c), (d) (HEA 1047, 2024), limited to claims against a congressionally chartered organization incorporated before June 16, 1916, by people who took part in its 2020 bankruptcy (revival window). Accurate as of October 7, 2026.
- Ind. Code §§ 34-13-3-8(a), 34-13-3-6(a) (notice to public entities). Accurate as of October 7, 2026.
- CHILD USA, statute of limitations research (used as a cross-check, not as the source of any rule above).
