N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 214-J

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 214-J Certain sexual offense actions § 214-j. Certain sexual offense actions. Notwithstanding any provisionof law which imposes a period of limitation to the contrary and theprovisions of any other law pertaining to the filing of a notice ofclaim or a notice of intention to file a claim as a condition precedentto commencement of an action or special proceeding, every civil claim orcause of action brought against any party alleging intentional ornegligent acts or omissions by a person for physical, psychological, orother injury or condition suffered as a result of conduct which wouldconstitute a sexual offense as defined in article one hundred thirty ofthe penal law committed against such person who was eighteen years ofage or older, or incest as defined in section 255.26 or 255.27 of thepenal law committed against such person who was eighteen years of age orolder, which is barred as of the effective date of this section becausethe applicable period of limitation has expired, and/or the plaintiffpreviously failed to file a notice of claim or a notice of intention tofile a claim, is hereby revived, and action thereon may be commenced notearlier than six months after, and not later than one year and sixmonths after the effective date of this section. In any such claim oraction, dismissal of a previous action, ordered before the effectivedate of this section, on grounds that such previous action was timebarred, and/or for failure of a party to file a notice of claim or anotice of intention to file a claim, shall not be grounds for dismissalof a revival action pursuant to this section.