New Hampshireworkers' comp filing deadline
Claim for disability, rehabilitation, medical, or death benefits barred unless filed within 3 years after date of injury. If nature of injury and possible work-relation not known, clock starts on earlier of: date employee knows or should know by reasonable diligence; or in death case, date dependent knows or should know (§281-A:21-a)
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Notice to employer
Notice within 2 years of date of injury or date employee knew or should have known of injury and its work-relation (§281-A:19)
Filing with the state
Claim for disability, rehabilitation, medical, or death benefits barred unless filed within 3 years after date of injury. If nature of injury and possible work-relation not known, clock starts on earlier of: date employee knows or should know by reasonable diligence; or in death case, date dependent knows or should know (§281-A:21-a)
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Exceptions and tolling
Statute-of-limitations rules have many exceptions that can extend or pause the clock. The most common in New Hampshire:
Occupational disease — Discovery rule
Statute codifies discovery rule — clock can be deferred until knowledge or reasonable-diligence-knowledge of work-relation.
Death claim deadline
Survivors filing for death benefits typically have 3 years from date of death. This calculator does not yet handle death claims; consult a lawyer for those.
Attribution
- Last verified
- May 4, 2026
- Editorial review
- Statute linked to primary source
- Primary source
- https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/xxiii/281-a/281-a-mrg.htm