Arkansasworkers' comp filing deadline
Claim for disability barred unless filed within 2 years of compensable injury; if no benefits or treatment within 2 years after filing, claim barred. For OD: 2 years from last injurious exposure. For death: 2 years from death (§11-9-702)
Talk to a workers' comp attorney in Arkansas.
Free, confidential consultation. Statute-of-limitations rules have many exceptions — a lawyer can confirm your specific deadline.
Notice to employer
No fixed days-from-injury statutory deadline; employee 'shall report the injury to the employer' on prescribed form, and employer is not responsible for benefits prior to receipt of report (§11-9-701)
Filing with the state
Claim for disability barred unless filed within 2 years of compensable injury; if no benefits or treatment within 2 years after filing, claim barred. For OD: 2 years from last injurious exposure. For death: 2 years from death (§11-9-702)
Compute your Arkansas deadline
Pick your state, your injury type, and the trigger date. We'll show notice + filing deadlines.
Exceptions and tolling
Statute-of-limitations rules have many exceptions that can extend or pause the clock. The most common in Arkansas:
Occupational disease — last injurious exposure
§11-9-702(a)(2): OD/infection clock runs from 'the date of the last injurious exposure to the hazards of the disease or infection.'
Death claim deadline
Survivors filing for death benefits typically have 2 years from date of death. This calculator does not yet handle death claims; consult a lawyer for those.
About this entry
Some sub-elements of this entry (typically minor tolling, mental-disability tolling, or the leading case) haven't been independently verified. The notice and filing rules cited above ARE traced to the primary statute.
Attribution
- Last verified
- May 4, 2026
- Editorial review
- Statute linked to primary source
- Primary source
- https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/SearchActs