2023 New York Laws › CVP - Civil Practice Law and Rules › Article 2 - Limitations of Time › 213-C - Action by Victim of Conduct Constituting Certain Sexual Offenses.

* §  213-c.  Action  by  victim of conduct constituting certain sexual
  offenses.  Notwithstanding  any  other  limitation  set  forth  in  this
  article,  except  as  provided in subdivision (b) of section two hundred
  eight of this article, all civil claims or causes of action  brought  by
  any  person  for  physical,  psychological  or other injury or condition
  suffered by such person as a result of conduct  which  would  constitute
  rape  in the first degree as defined in section 130.35 of the penal law,
  or rape in the second degree as defined in subdivision  two  of  section
  130.30  of  the  penal  law,  or  rape in the third degree as defined in
  subdivision one or three of section 130.25 of the penal law, or criminal
  sexual act in the first degree as defined in section 130.50 of the penal
  law, or  criminal  sexual  act  in  the  second  degree  as  defined  in
  subdivision  two  of section 130.45 of the penal law, or criminal sexual
  act in the third degree as  defined  in  subdivision  one  or  three  of
  section  130.40  of  the  penal  law,  or  incest in the first degree as
  defined in section 255.27 of the penal law,  or  incest  in  the  second
  degree  as  defined  in section 255.26 of the penal law (where the crime
  committed is rape in the second degree as defined in subdivision two  of
  section  130.30  of  the  penal law or criminal sexual act in the second
  degree as defined in subdivision two of section 130.45),  or  aggravated
  sexual  abuse  in  the  first degree as defined in section 130.70 of the
  penal law, or course of sexual conduct against  a  child  in  the  first
  degree  as  defined  in  section  130.75 of the penal law may be brought
  against any party whose intentional or negligent acts or  omissions  are
  alleged  to  have resulted in the commission of the said conduct, within
  twenty years. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that
  a criminal charge be brought or a criminal conviction be obtained  as  a
  condition  of  bringing  a  civil  cause  of action or receiving a civil
  judgment pursuant to this section or be construed to require that any of
  the rules governing a criminal proceeding  be  applicable  to  any  such
  civil action.
* NB Effective until September 1, 2024
* §  213-c.  Action  by  victim of conduct constituting certain sexual
  offenses.  Notwithstanding  any  other  limitation  set  forth  in  this
  article,  except  as  provided in subdivision (b) of section two hundred
  eight of this article, all civil claims or causes of action  brought  by
  any  person  for  physical,  psychological  or other injury or condition
  suffered by such person as a result of conduct  which  would  constitute
  rape  in the first degree as defined in section 130.35 of the penal law,
  or rape in the second degree as defined in subdivision four, five or six
  of section 130.30 of the penal law, or rape  in  the  second  degree  as
  defined in former subdivision two of section 130.30 of the penal law, or
  rape  in  the  third  degree  as defined in subdivision one, two, three,
  seven, eight or nine of section 130.25 of the  penal  law,  or  a  crime
  formerly defined in section 130.50 of the penal law, or a crime formerly
  defined  in  subdivision  two  of  section 130.45 of the penal law, or a
  crime formerly defined in subdivision one or three of section 130.40  of
  the  penal  law,  or  incest  in  the first degree as defined in section
  255.27 of the penal law, or incest in the second degree  as  defined  in
  section  255.26  of  the penal law (where the crime committed is rape in
  the second degree as defined in subdivision four, five or six of section
  130.30 of the penal law, or  rape  in  the  second  degree  as  formerly
  defined  in  subdivision  two  of  section 130.30 of the penal law, or a
  crime formerly defined in subdivision two of section 130.45 of the penal
  law), or aggravated sexual abuse in  the  first  degree  as  defined  in
  section  130.70  of the penal law, or course of sexual conduct against a
  child in the first degree as defined in section 130.75 of the penal  law
  may  be brought against any party whose intentional or negligent acts or

  omissions are alleged to have resulted in the  commission  of  the  said
  conduct, within twenty years. Nothing in this section shall be construed
  to require that a criminal charge be brought or a criminal conviction be
  obtained as a condition of bringing a civil cause of action or receiving
  a  civil  judgment  pursuant  to this section or be construed to require
  that any of the rules governing a criminal proceeding be  applicable  to
  any such civil action.
* NB Effective September 1, 2024