On March 15, 2017, the standing committee of the National People's Congress passed and announced the general rule of the latest civil law in 2017. This civil law has changed a lot of content. The statute of limitations has changed from 2 years to 3 years. This means that people with civil disputes can take more than a year to consider whether to Sue or not. Here is a detailed introduction to the statute of limitations of the new civil law in 2017.

The latest civil law in 2017 is changed to three years

The statute of limitations of the civil action has been changed from 2 years to 3 years. In particular, it is good news for debt disputes. The protection of the legitimate rights and interests of more citizens.

Legal provisions:

Article 188 of the general provisions of the civil law: three years shall be the limitation period of the action to the people's court for the protection of civil rights. Where the law has other provisions, such provisions shall apply.

The owner shall know or should know the right to be harmed and the day of the obligor shall be counted. Where the law has other provisions, such provisions shall apply. However, the people's court shall not protect the rights which have been in place for more than 20 years since the day of the injury. If there is a special case, the people's court may decide to extend the application according to the obligee's application.

In practice, we should also pay attention to the situation of the suspension and interruption of the statute of limitations.

Suspension of action

Abort, just stop counting.

Litigation, because certain statutory basis, make the right holder can not exercise the right of claim, temporarily stop calculation during the litigation efficiency, wait until after the main content of the suspension to eliminate, litigation efficiency continue to calculate.

Limitation of action

The interruption is the failure to recalculate.

During the period of litigation, because of a certain legal cause, the statute of limitations has been invalidated, and the litigation effect is recalculated after the interruption is eliminated.