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North Dakota workers' comp filing deadline
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Notice to employer
Pending
Filing with the state
All original claims must be filed within 1 year after the injury or within 2 years after the death; 'date of injury' is first date a reasonable person knew or should have known employee suffered work-related injury and lost wages or received medical treatment (§65-05-01)
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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 North Dakota:
Occupational disease — Discovery rule
Statute itself codifies discovery rule with disability/treatment trigger.
Minor tolling
Pending
Mental / disability tolling
Pending
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.
Leading case
Pending
Pending
Pending
About this entry
Some sub-elements of this entry (typically minor tolling, mental-disability tolling, or the leading case) haven't been independently verified.
Attribution
- Primary source
- https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t65c05.pdf